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ROAT-2026-0266 · Legal act
Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878
- Legal state as of
- Not recorded
- Last source check
- 2026-08-25
- Verification scope
- Verification scope is not recorded. A catalogue check date does not establish a complete review of the legal position.
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- UK Parliament
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Publication date
- 1878-08-16
- Legal status
- Repealed
- Summary
- The Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878 revised the Victorian statutory framework governing locomotives on highways rather than simply removing earlier restrictions. It demonstrates the incremental adjustment of legal rules as road technology, infrastructure and experience evolved during the nineteenth century.
- Význam
- The Act prevents an oversimplified narrative of sudden deregulation and shows that regulation of new mobility technologies typically evolves through layered amendments and institutional learning.
- Citation
- UK Parliament, Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878, 41 & 42 Vict. c. 77.
- Recorded review date
- 2026-08-25
- Official source
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1878/77/pdfs/ukpga_18780077_en.pdf
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