any superior officer of police or constable authorised by such an officer. If the general identification mark is used at the same time. on more than one motor car, the distinguishing number placed on or annexed to the plates must be different on each motor car. The provisions of this Order which relate to the fixing and illumination of identification plates shall apply to the plates forming the general identification mark as they apply to the plates forming the ordinary identification mark. The Council shall keep a Register of any general identification marks so assigned by them which shall contain the following particulars :— (a) the name of the manufacturer or dealer to whom the general identification mark is assigned; (b) the place of business of the manufacturer or dealer; and (c) a description of the general identification mark assigned to him. Article 13.-The Council shall, upon application being made to them by any other registering authority under the Act of 1903, or by any police authority, or by the Crown Agent, or by any procurator fiscal or burgh prosecutor, or by any superior officer of police or constable authorised by such an officer, forthwith provide, free of charge, a copy of the entries in their Register of Motor Cars relating to any specified motor car, or of the entries in their Register of general identification marks relating to any specified manufacturer or dealer. The Council shall also supply to any other person applying for a copy of the entries relating to any specified motor car, a copy of those entries, on payment of a fee of one shilling, if he shows that he has a reasonable cause for requiring such a copy. An officer of the Inland Revenue Department may, without charge, at all reasonable times, inspect the Register of Motor Cars and take copies of any entries in it. PART II. Licences. Article 14.-A person who desires to obtain the grant or renewal of a licence to drive a motor car or of a licence limited to driving motor cycles under the Act of 1903 shall apply to the Council of the county or the registering burgh in which he resides, and furnish them with the particulars set out in Form A. or Form B. in the Fifth Schedule to this Order as the case requires. The fee of five shillings prescribed by the Act of 1903 shall be paid before the applicant is entitled to receive the licence or renewal. 8 31848, E Applications for the grant or renewal of a licence may be received and dealt with at any time within one month before the date on which the grant or renewal of the licence is to take effect. Article 15.-The licence and renewal of a licence shall respectively be in the form set out for the purpose in the Sixth Schedule to this Order, or in a form to the like effect. Article 16.-If any person applies to the Council of a county or registering burgh for the grant of a licence, and the Council are satisfied that he has no residence in the United Kingdom, the Council shall, if the applicant is otherwise entitled, grant him a licence, notwithstanding that he is not resident within their county or burgh. Article 17.-If a person to whom a licence has been granted by the Council of a county or registering burgh satisfies that Council that his licence or any renewal of it has been lost or defaced, the Council shall, on payment of a fee of one shilling, issue to him a duplicate licence, or renewal (including, in the case of a duplicate licence, any particulars endorsed or entered upon the original licence under the Act of 1903 or this Order), and the duplicate so issued shall have the same effect as the original licence or renewal, as the case may be. Article 18.-The Council of every county and registering burgh in Scotland shall establish and keep a Register of Licences in the form set out in the Seventh Schedule to this Order, or in a form to the like effect. Article 19. Any registering Council shall upon application being made to them by any other licensing authority under the Act of 1903, or by any police authority or by the Crown Agent, or by any procurator fiscal or burgh prosecutor, or by any superior officer of police or constable authorised by such officer, forthwith provide, free of charge, a copy of the particulars in their Register of Licences relating to any licence granted by them. Upon receiving from any Court, in pursuance of Section 4 of the Act of 1903, particulars of any conviction of the holder of a licence granted by the Council, and of the Order of the Court in the case, the Council shall cause a copy of such particulars and Order to be sent, free of charge, to the police authority for the area in which the holder of the licence resides. PART III. Article 20. The clerk of the Council and any other officer authorised by the Council are respectively empowered to per form any duty or exercise any power of the Council for the purpose of carrying this Order into effect. Article 21. The provisions of this Order shall apply in the case of a roadway to which the public are granted access in the same manner as they apply in the case of a public highway. Except where the contrary intention appears, the expression "motor car" in this Order includes a motor cycle. In calculating for the purpose of this Order the weight of a motor car or motor cycle unladen, the weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the purpose of propulsion shall not be included. The Interpretation Act, 1889*, applies for the purpose of the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament. Article 22.-This Order applies to Scotland only, and may be cited as the Motor Car Registration and Licensing (Scotland) Order, 1903. *52 & 53 Vict. c. 63: |