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'nark to the Road Traffic Acts of 1930 and 1933 in the Prettying courts and ebewhere and asks for clarification as to the relationship of these two acts to that of 1960.
The first major measure taken to control road transport was the Road Traffic Act, 1930, when the traffic areas were created and all buses and coaches came under the control of the appropriate Traffic Commissioners, in addition to other measures.
There then followed the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, which extended the legislation to goods vehicles,
By 1960 it was found necessary to consolidate both these two Acts and subsequent major legislation. and this was done in the resulting Road Traffic Act, 1960. This Act substantially consolidated much of the legislation previously contained in the Road Traffic Act 1910, the Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 as already mentioned), the Road Traffic Act 1934, the Road Haulage Wages Act 1938. the Transport Act 1947. the Transport Act l93 and the Road Traffic Act 1956,