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Highways Act

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An Act to amend the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896

[3 EDW. 7.]	Motor Car Act, 1903.	[Ch. 36.]
CHAPTER 36.
An Act to amend the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896. [14th August 1903.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—			A.D. 1903
1.—(1) If any person drives a motor car on a public highway recklessly or negligently, or at a speed or in a manner which is ' dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition, and use of the highway, and to the amount of traffic which actually is at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the highway, that person shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.			Reckless driving.
(2) Any police constable may apprehend without warrant the driver of any car who commits an offence under this section within his view, if he refuses to give his name and address or produce his licence on demand, or if the motor car does not bear the mark or marks of identification. (3) If the driver of any car who commits an offence under this section refuses to give his name or address, or gives a false name or address, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and it shall be the duty of the owner of the car, if required, to give any information which it is within his power to give, and which may lead to the identification and apprehension of the driver, and if the owner fails to do so he also shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
2.—(1) Every motor car shall be registered with the council of a county or county borough, and every such council shall assign a separate number to every car registered with them. (2) A mark indicating the registered number of the car and the council with which the car is registered shall be fixed on the car or on a vehicle drawn by the car, or on both, in such manner as the council require in conformity with regulations of the Local Government Board made under this Act.			Registration of motor cars.