Road Traffic Act 1972

The [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968

In section 69(4), in paragraph (f) there shall be inserted after the words " 18 of the Road Safety Act 1967 " the words "or section 59 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 ", and in paragraph (h) there shall be inserted after the words " Road Safety Act 1967 " the words "or' section 57 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 ".

In section 82(8) for the words " Part IV of the Act of 1960 " there shall be substituted the words " section 56 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 " .

In section 92(5) for the words "section 259 of the Act of 1960" there shall be substituted the words " section 198 of the Road Traffic Act 1972" .

In section 99(8) for the words " Part IV of that Act" there shall be substituted the words " section 56 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 ".

After section 102 there shall be inserted the following section :—

“102A Exclusion of application to tramcars and trolley vehicles.

(1) This Part of this Act and section 255 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 in its application thereto shall not apply to tramcars or trolley vehicles operated under statutory powers.

(2) In this section ' operated under statutory powers' means, in relation to tramcars or trolley vehicles, that their use is authorised or regulated by special Act of Parliament or by an order having the force of an Act.

(3) Subsection (1) above shall have effect subject to any such Act or order as is mentioned in subsection (2) above, and any such Act or order may apply to the tramcars or trolley vehicles to which it relates any of the provisions excluded by the said subsection (1).”.

In section 159(1), in the definition of " plated weight" there shall be substituted for the words from " section 64 " onwards the words "section 40 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 or required to be so marked by section 47 of that Act; ".

In Schedule 11, in the amendment of section 244 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 for the words '236 thereof there shall be substituted the words ' 235 thereof'.