Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1952 c. 39 |
Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act, 1952
(15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2) CHAPTER 39
An Act to re-enact with modifications the Motor Car (International Circulation) Act, 1909; to amend the law relating to excise duty payable in Great Britain on vehicles licensed in Northern Ireland and in Northern Ireland on vehicles licensed in Great Britain; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Be it enacted by the Queen'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:—
1 Orders in Council for facilitating international traffic.
(1) For the purpose of enabling effect to be given to any international agreement for the time being in force in respect of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision—
(a ) for the grant and authentication of any passes, certificates or other documents relating to vehicles or the drivers of vehicles which may be required for purposes of travel abroad by persons resident in the United Kingdom;
(b ) for modifying in relation to vehicles brought temporarily into Great Britain by persons resident outside the United Kingdom, and in relation to persons so resident who are temporarily in Great Britain, any enactment relating to vehicles or the drivers of vehicles.
(2) An Order in Council under this section may provide—
(a ) for modifying any such enactment as aforesaid in respect of matters appearing to Her Majesty to be incidental to or connected with the matters regulated by any such international agreement;
(b ) for extending any privilege conferred by the Order to persons resident outside the United Kingdom who are temporarily in Great Britain but are not entitled thereto by virtue of any such international agreement, or in relation to vehicles brought temporarily into Great Britain by such persons, being persons or vehicles satisfying such conditions as may be specified by or under the Order;
(c ) for the payment in respect of any such documents as are mentioned in paragraph (a ) of subsection (1) of this section of such fees as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate having regard to any services performed in connection therewith in pursuance of the Order.
(3) An Order in Council under this section may authorise the Minister of Transport to make regulations for any of the purposes of the Order; and the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, shall apply in relation to any such regulations as if they were made under powers conferred by an Act of Parliament.
(4) An Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order thereunder.
(5) No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft thereof has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament; and any statutory instrument containing regulations made under any such Order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
2 Orders for facilitating international traffic in Northern Ireland.
(1) The Governor of Northern Ireland may, by Order in the Privy Council of Northern Ireland, make provision in relation to Northern Ireland for any purpose for which provision may be made in relation to Great Britain under section one of this Act; and in relation to any such Order the provisions of that section (except so much of subsection (3) as applies to the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946, and except subsection (5)) shall apply accordingly as if for the reference in paragraph (a ) of subsection (2) to Her Majesty there were substituted a reference to the Governor of Northern Ireland and as if for the reference to the Minister of Transport there were substituted a reference to the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland.
(2) No recommendation shall be made to the Governor of Northern Ireland in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft thereof has been laid before the Parliament of Northern Ireland and has been approved by resolution of each House of the Parliament of Northern Ireland; and every regulation made under any such Order shall be laid forthwith before each House of the...
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