Road Traffic Act 1930

115 Expenses of Roads Department.

(1) Such part of the expenses incurred by and in connection with the roads department of the Ministry of Transport, including the salaries of the staff of that department, as the Minister may from time to time, with the approval of the Treasury, determine to be expenses so incurred in the administration of this Act, shall be paid out of the road fund, and for the purposes of this subsection expenses incurred in disseminating knowledge or otherwise informing the minds of the people, with a view to promoting safety on roads, may be treated as expenses incurred in the administration of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of—

(a) subsection (1) of this section;

(b) paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (4) of section three of the Roads Act, 1920;

(c) section fifteen of the London Traffic Act, 1924;

(d) section eight of the [15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 68.] Roads Improvement Act, 1925;

expenses incurred under or in the administration of those enactments, respectively, which are payable out of the Road Fund shall be deemed to include and always to have included such charges in respect of superannuation and other allowances and gratuities payable on death or retirement, as the Minister, with the approval of the Treasury may from time to time determine to be proper.