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A London operator states that he has unsuccessfully requested information from several Ministries as to the statutory need for the painting of names and addresses of the operating company on a goods vehicle and asks for guidance on this subject.
There are understandably difficulties for a layman to track down such information, because although he naturally relates it to road vehicles the appropriate regulations are nevertheless contained in Acts dealing primarily with food and associated matters.
Briefly, the goods vehicles affected by such regulations include those used in the selling of ice cream, as the Food and Drugs Act 1955 requires that every dealer in ice cream must have his name and address legibly and conspicuously displayed on the vehicle. Similarly, vehicles from which milk is sold must carry the owner's name and address under the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, No. 277/59, whilst milk tankers must display the name and address of the consignor.
As required by the Food Hygiene Regulations, No. 1906/55 as applying to England and Wales every stall from which any food business is carried on friust bear the name and address of the person concerned. In this context a stall is "any stand, marquee, tent or mobile canteen and any vehicle, whether moveable or not "