§ 72. Mr. E. Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are taken by his Department in the London area to enforce compliance 247W with the Construction and Use Regulations, 1955, requiring scooters and motorcycles to have effective silencers.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe Metropolitan Police have the duty of enforcing the regulations. The Commissioner of Police informs me that during the fifteen months ended on 31st March, 1957, 1,383 cases involving noisy motor vehicles, mostly in respect of defective silencers, were dealt with by prosecution or by written caution, and there were many other cases in which an oral warning was considered sufficient. Separate figures for scooters and motor cycles are not available.