1981 No. 1374
The Road Traffic Acts 1960 and 1972, and Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (Metrication) (No.2) Regulations 1981
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Acts 1960 and 1972, and Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (Metrication) (No.2) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1981.
2
For the words expressing imperial units of measurement specified in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations in the sections in the Road Traffic Act 1960, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967, and the Road Traffic Act 19722 specified in column (1) of that Schedule there are substituted the words expressing metric units of measurement specified in column (3) of that Schedule.
SCHEDULE
(1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
Sections of Acts | Words expressing imperial units of measurements | Words expressing metric units of measurement |
Road Traffic Act 1960 | ||
section 253(2)(b) | sixty degrees Fahrenheit | 17.5 degrees Celsius |
thirty inches of mercury | 1.013 bar | |
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 | ||
section 99(2)(b) | sixty degrees Fahrenheit | 17.5 degrees Celsius |
thirty inches of mercury | 1.013 bar | |
Road Traffic Act 1972 | ||
section 36A(5) | three tons | 3050 kilograms |
section 36A(6)(b) | three tons | 3050 kilograms |
section 36A(8) | three tons | 3050 kilograms |
section 190(2)(b) | 60° Fahrenheit | 17.5 degrees Celsius |
30 inches of mercury | 1.013 bar |