The defendant had a minibus carrying 11 people. The Act made it an offence to drive at over 30mph in a vehicle ‘adapted’ to carry more than seven people.
Held: The phrase in Sch 1 to the Road Traffic Act 1960 was to be interpreted as follows: ‘constructed or adapted for use . . has been interpreted over and over again by the courts to mean ‘originally constructed or altered later so as to make the vehicle fit for the particular use.”
Lord Parker
[1963] 1 QB 451, [1962] 1 All ER 831, [1962] 2 WLR 958
Road Traffic Act 1960
England and Wales
Road Traffic
Updated: 27 December 2021; Ref: scu.190017