A Point to Consider When Registering.
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rtinERE are certain minor points of difference between the Finance Act of 1928 and the Road Traffic Act of 1930 which are worthy of more than passing attention. They relate only, of course, to the classification of motor vehicles 'whiCh, in the former Act, has reference to taxation and, in the latter, to methods of use. There are occasions when it is well worth while for the owner to study this matter before registering a new machine, as by hasty and insufficiently considered decisions concerning registration he may, on the one hand, condemn himself to pay more in the way of taxation than he need or, on the other, deprive himself of certain legitimate facilities of use, either of speed or weight, for which it might very well be that he would be willing to pay a little more by way of taxation.
The point to bear in mind is that the two enactments are entirely separate and distinct ; there is not even the necessity "to read the two in conjunction and whilst it is quite likely that revision of the older one may shortly be effected, so as to remove the anomalies which exist, the fact is that, at present, the two are not one.
Generally speaking, it is preferable to register any vehicle under the Road Traffic Act by which the conditions of its use are determined, for it is with these conditions that the police are concerned. Every owner will agree that it is of the utmost importance so to order his procedure that any possibility of dispute In that direction is avoided.