Special Roads Act 1949

Special Roads Act 1949[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to provide for the construction of roads reserved for special classes of traffic; to amend the law relating to trunk roads; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 32
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent11 May 1949
Commencement11 May 1949[c]
Repealed16 November 1989
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1989
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Special Roads Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 32) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that:

  • Authorised the construction of special roads (that became known as motorways)
  • Allowed these roads to be restricted to specific types of vehicles

The act did not apply to Northern Ireland; the later Special Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 fulfilled a similar role.

Subsequent developments

The act was partially repealed and replaced by the Highways Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25), and later the Highways Act 1980.

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the part X of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.

Notes

  1. ^ Section 23(1).
  2. ^ Section 23(2).
  3. ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.


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