HC Deb 05 March 1964 vol 690 c244W
32. Sir B. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions are being given to the Metropolitan Police about the enforcement of regulations made under Section 49 of the Public Health Act, 1961, which will make it an offence to use, in connection with the maintenance of footpaths, any vehicles weighing more than one ton, unless it has special exemption from the Ministry of Power.

Mr. Woodhouse

The Commissioner informs me that the Metropolitan Police already have instructions to consider proceedings in cases of vehicles unlawfully using footpaths. The Vehicles (Conditions of Use on Footpaths) Regulations, 1963, which prescribe the conditions under which local authorities may lawfully use vehicles on footpaths for cleansing and maintenance, are being brought to the notice of the force.