Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
7th September 1981
Laid before Parliament
5th October 1981
Coming into Operation
1st November 1981
The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designated(1) 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 1972(2) specified in column (1) of that Schedule there are substituted the words expressing metric units of measurement specified in column (3) of that Schedule.
Norman Fowler
Secretary of State for Transport
7th September 1981
| (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 |
In order to fulfil obligations arising from Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20th December 1979 on the approximation of laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement, these Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, metricate the units of measurement in the sections of the Road Traffic Acts 1960 and 1972, and the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 which are specified in the Schedule to these Regulations as indicated in that Schedule.
S.I. 1972/1811.
Section 36A of which Act was inserted by Section 2 of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles (Controls and Regulations) Act 1973 (c.44).