Locomotive Act 1861

5 Power to Secretary of State to prohibit the Use of Locomotives destructive to Highways or dangerous to the Public.

In case it appear to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State that the Use of any particular Description of Locomotive causes excessive Wear and Tear of the Highways, or is dangerous or inconvenient to the Public, or that the Use of Locomotives generally or of any particular Description of Locomotive is dangerous or inconvenient to the Public in certain Districts or Places, it shall be lawful for such Secretary of State from Time to Time, by Order under his Hand, to prohibit the Use of any Kind or Description of Locomotive specified in such Order on any Highway whatsoever, or to prohibit the Use of Locomotives, or any specified Kind or Description thereof, on the Highways within any Place, District, or Limit mentioned in such Order, or otherwise to restrict the Use of Locomotives as Circumstances may appear to him to require, and from Time to Time, by Order made as aforesaid, to revoke or alter any such Order previously made ; and every Order made under this Enactment shall be published in the London Gazette, and any Person using any Locomotive contrary to any such Order shall for every such Offence, on summary - Conviction thereof before Two Justices, forfeit any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.