303 / 324
tibns. On the first of these matters, Roxburgh, J.,
said that in the normal way a summons which failed
was dismissed " with costs ", which meant with
party and party costs, and he did not think there was
any good reason for departing from the normal
practice. On the second point: after the plaintiffs
had pointed out that they had succeeded on one
of the objections before the taxing master, the
learned judge said that, if pressed, he would make a
strict order for apportionment of the costs of the
objections and provide for a set-off: under this the
plaintiffs would have to pay the costs in respect of
the items on which they had failed, which amounted
to something over £500, and would succeed as to
the £30 which the taxing master had ultimately
allowed for the country solicitor's attendance. In
view of these figures, the plaintiffs did not resist
the
inclusion of the defendants' costs of the
objections in their costs of the review without any
provision for apportionment and set-off.
(The Solicitors^. Journal,
ist March, 1958.)
THE ROAD VEHICLES
(REGISTRATION AND LICENSING)
REGULATIONS, 1958
S.I. No. 13
of
1958
THE Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing)
Regulations 1958 replace, with amendments :
(a)
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licens
ing) Regulations, 1921, and a considerable
number of orders and regulations which
amended the same ;
(V)
The Road Vehicles (Trade Licences) Regu
lations, 1923 ;
(i)
Article 12 of the Road Traffic (Third Party
Risks) Regulations, 1933 (S.R. & O., 1933
No. 130) ;
(d)
The Road Vehicles (Miscellaneous Licensing
Provisions) Regulations, 1952 (S.I. No. 357
of 1952).
They set out the procedure to be followed on the
licensing and registration of motor vehicles and
ancilary matters,
the procedure regarding
trade
licences and the conditions under which they may
be issued, the rates for part-year licences, and the
methods of calculating cylinder capacity, horse
power and seating capacity for motor taxation.
The amendments of substance are as follows :—
(1) The owner of a fleet of vehicles may licence
them with one licensing authority (Article 2).
(2) A declaration made on application for a
licence is presumed to be made by the holder
of the licence or his agent until the contrary
is shown (Article 2).
(3) New provisions are made regarding the ex
hibition of licences on bicycles with sidecars
and pedestrian-controlled vehicles (Article 4).
(4) The method of calculating the amount of
extra duty on a change of user etc. of a vehicle
is set out (Article 7).
(5) A new registration procedure applies on the
change of ownership of a vehicle (Article 10),
and on the permanent export of a vehicle
(Article n).
(6) Wheree a licence becomes void, it must be
surrendered to the licensing authority (Article
13).
(7) More specific indication is given as to the
licensing authority with whom a vehicle is
registered for the time being (Article 16), and
as to who is the registered owner of a vehicle
(Article 18).
(8) A certificate of an authorised officer of a
licensing authority as to the registration and
licensing of a vehicle is to be proof of the
facts certified until shown to be incorrect
(Article 17).
(9) Index marks will in future be issued under
separate regulations (Article 19)—
see
The
Road Vehicles (Index Marks) Regulations,
1958 (S.I. No. 15 of 1958).
(10) Identification marks may be shown on the
vehicle instead of on plates (Article 20).
(i i) The procedure regarding the registration of
exempt vehicles is amended (Article 22).
(12) Minor relaxations are made in the conditions
governing the use of trade plates (Articles
23 and 24).
(i 3) Only plates issued by a licensing authority may
be used as trade plates (Article 23).
(14) Trade licences may not be defaced etc. ;
a
duplicate
trade
licence may
issue where
necessary (Article 25).
(i 5) A new list of forms for applying for a licence
etc. is set out in the Second Schedule.
LIST OF
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
as at ist March,
1958.
A.—BOOKS PURCHASED.
All England Ejeports,
Index, 1936-1956; Alien
(C. K.)—
Law and Orders,
zncl Edn., 1957 ;
Belfast
and Northern Ireland Directory,
1957 ;
Bell (W.) on
Sale of Food and Drugs,
I3th Edn., 1956 ; Benas (B.)
and Essenhigh—
Precedents of Pleadings,
2nd Edn.,
1957; Brighouse (W.)—
Short Forms of Wills,
7th Edfl.,
1958; Bromley (P.)—
Family Law,
1957; Butter-
worth—
The
(English)
Solicitors Act
1957 ; Cairns (J.)
—
County Court Pleader,
jrd. Edn., 1956 ; Carver (T.)