Roads Act 1920
The Roads Act 1920 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the Road Fund, and introduced tax discs.
Clauses
The act:- Required county councils to register all new vehicles and to allocate a separate number to each vehicle, in a continuation of the vehicle registration scheme introduced under the Motor Car Act 1903
- It clarified the situation regarding cars driven by internal combustion engines, replacing complex previous legislation for different types of vehicle.
- Provision for the collection and application of the excise duties on mechanically-propelled vehicles and on carriages.
- Creation of the Road Fund.