Transport Act 1985

Type Public General Act
Publication 1985-10-30
Last updated 2026-02-24
State In force
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  • (6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7) below, the decision of the Court of Appeal or the Court of Session (as the case may be) shall be final.
  • (7) Where there has been a difference of opinion between those Courts, either of those Courts in which a matter affected by such a difference of opinion is pending may give leave to appeal to the Supreme Court on such terms as to costs as the Court of Appeal or Court of Session (as the case may be) shall determine.

Exercise of powers by Lord Chancellor

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The Lord Chancellor shall consult the Lord Advocate before exercising any of his powers under paragraph 2 or 3 above.

Annual Report

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The tribunal shall make annually a report of all their proceedings to the Lord Chancellor and it shall be laid before Parliament.

SCHEDULE 5

Administration, etc.

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The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for the Committee to be provided with such administrative support and office accommodation as he considers appropriate.

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  • (1) The Secretary of State shall provide the Committee with funds with which to pay to their members such remuneration, and such travelling and other allowances, and to defray such other expenses in connection with their functions, as he may determine.
  • (2) In relation to Scotland, the only remuneration that may be paid under this paragraph is remuneration for the performance of functions which relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998).

Constitution and procedure

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  • (1) Any person appointed to be a member of the Committee shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member of the Committee, be eligible for re-appointment.
  • (2) Any person so appointed may at any time resign his office by written notice given to the Secretary of State.
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  • (1) The Committee shall meet whenever convened by the Chairman and at least four times a year.
  • (2) Without prejudice to the discretion of the chairman to call a meeting whenever he thinks fit, he shall call one when required to do so by any five members of the Committee.
  • (3) Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of every meeting of the Committee.
  • (4) Subject to the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the Committee shall determine their own procedure (including the quorum at their meetings).
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The Committee may delegate the exercise and performance of any of their functions to such of their sub-committees as they think fit.

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The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy amongst the members, by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any failure to comply with the requirement imposed by section 125(3) of this Act.

SCHEDULE 6

Road service licensing during transitional period

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Registration of local services outside London

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  • (1) In paragraphs 7 to 12 below—
  • local service” means a local service which is not a London local service;
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  • road service licence” has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act; and
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  • (2) Section 135(3) of this Act shall not apply to any regulations made under paragraphs 7 to 11 below.
  • (3) For the purposes of paragraph 8 below, a local service is improved if, but only if, there is any increase in—
  • (a) the frequency of the service;
  • (b) the length of its route;
  • (c) the number of stopping places for the service; or
  • (d) the number of passengers which can be carried by the service taken as a whole.
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  • (1) Where an application for registration of the prescribed particulars of a local service falls within one of the Cases mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below—
  • (a) the traffic commissioner to whom the application is made shall register those particulars;
  • (b) they shall be deemed to have been registered with him under section 6 of this Act; and
  • (c) the period of notice (mentioned in section 6) in relation to that registration shall be deemed to have expired.
  • (2) The Cases are—

Case A

Where—

  • (a) the application for registration of the prescribed particulars of a local service is received by the traffic commissioner at any time before 1st March 1986; and
  • (b) the prescribed requirements are satisfied in relation to the application.

Case B

Where—

  • (a) the application for registration of the prescribed particulars of a local service is received by the traffic commissioner at any time after the grant of the licence mentioned in paragraph (b) below but before 14th September 1986;
  • (b) a road service licence has been granted for that service at any time after 28th February 1986; and
  • (c) the prescribed requirements are satisfied in relation to the application.

Case C

Where—

  • (a) the application for registration of the prescribed particulars of a local service is received by the traffic commissioner at any time during the period beginning with 1st March 1986 and ending with 13th September 1986;
  • (b) the particulars of the service are the same as those of a trial area service; and
  • (c) the prescribed requirements are satisfied in relation to the application.

In this Case “trial area service” means a local service provided in a trial area (as defined by section 38 of the 1981 Act) and in respect of which the requirements of section 40 of that Act (duty to publish particulars of services in trial areas) have been satisfied.

Case D

Where—

  • (a) the application for registration of the prescribed particulars of a local service is received by the traffic commissioner at any time during the period beginning with 1st March 1986 and ending with 25th October 1986;
  • (b) the application is supported in writing, in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) below, by an authority responsible for expenditure on public passenger transport services (as defined for Part V of this Act by section 88(8)); and
  • (c) the prescribed requirements are satisfied in relation to the application.
  • (3) An authority of the kind mentioned in paragraph (b) of Case D shall give their support to an application in accordance with this sub-paragraph if, but only if, the local service in question is one—
  • (a) which the operator has contracted with that authority to operate under an agreement providing for service subsidies; or
  • (b) for the provision of which that authority have issued an invitation to tender under section 89 of this Act and for which the person applying for registration of the particulars of the service has submitted a tender to provide the service without subsidy; or
  • (c) in respect of which the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) below are satisfied.
  • (4) The conditions are that—
  • (a) the service is to be operated by a person who has entered into an agreement with London Regional Transport (“LRT”) to operate it; and
  • (b) the authority has entered into an agreement or arrangement with LRT to contribute to the costs incurred by LRT in securing the service.

Variation and cancellation of registrations during transitional period

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Duty to notify relevant authorities of applications for registrations etc.

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Publication of information by traffic commissioner

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School buses

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Continuation of existing road service licences

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Traffic commissioners

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  • (1) The person who, immediately before the commencement of section 3 of this Act, was the chairman of the traffic commissioners for any traffic area shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Secretary of State (under section 4 of the 1981 Act as substituted by section 3 of this Act) as the traffic commissioner for that area on the same terms and conditions as those on which he was appointed as chairman of the traffic commissioners; and in relation to any such person appointed before 1st May 1985, subsection (4)(b) of the substituted section 4 shall have effect as if for the words from “sixty-five” to “direct” there were substituted the word “seventy”.
  • (2) For the purposes of the principal civil service pension scheme any period of service as chairman of the traffic commissioners for any area which ends with the commencement of section 3 of this Act and any period of service as traffic commissioner for that area which begins on that commencement shall be treated as a single, unbroken, period of service.

PSV operators' licences

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Appeals under section 18 of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c.45)

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Anything done or treated by virtue of any enactment as having been done under section 18 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 before the coming into force of paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act which could be done under the said section 18 as amended by the said paragraph shall be treated as having been done under the said section 18 as so amended.

London local service licences

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Compensation for loss of employment, etc.

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Any regulations made under section 17(3) of the 1968 Act which are in force immediately before the repeal of that section by this Act—

  • (a) shall continue in force notwithstanding that repeal; and
  • (b) may be varied or revoked by regulations made under section 84 of this Act as if they had been made by reason of any such transfer of property, rights and liabilities as is mentioned in section 84(1)(c).

Tendering

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Agreements under section 3 of the Transport Act 1978

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  • (1) Where—
  • (a) before the date on which the repeal by this Act of section 3 of the Transport Act 1978 comes into force any non-metropolitan county council have, in exercise of the power conferred by that section, entered into an agreement with London Regional Transport under which payments fall to be made by that council towards expenses incurred by London Regional Transport in securing the provision of a public passenger transport service (“the old agreement”);
  • (b) the service is provided under an agreement entered into by London Regional Transport accepting a tender invited for its provision; and
  • (c) the old agreement is still in force immediately before that date;

that council shall have power to enter into a new agreement with London Regional Transport to contribute towards any of the expenses to which they were liable to contribute in respect of that service under the old agreement.

  • (2) An agreement entered into under this paragraph shall be made so as to remain in force for a period ending not later than the date on which the agreement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above expires.

Travel concessions

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  • (1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the Travel Concessions Acts 1955 and 1964, section 138 of the 1968 Act and section 1(1) of the Concessionary Travel for Handicapped Persons (Scotland) Act 1980, but subject to the following provisions of this paragraph—
  • (a) the Acts of 1955 and 1964 and section 1(1) of the Act of 1980 shall continue to have effect in relation to any council of any description within section 66(1) of this Act who—
  • (i) at the time when section 66 comes into force are providing a service for the carriage of passengers by road which requires a PSV operator’s licence; and
  • (ii) immediately before the date on which that repeal comes into force are granting travel concessions under arrangements made under the Acts of 1955 and 1964 or (as the case may be) under section 1(1) of the Act of 1980 to persons travelling on any such service operated by them;

so long as the council retain their bus operating powers and continue to provide that service; and

  • (b) section 138(2) of the 1968 Act shall continue to have effect for the purpose of authorising any local authority who immediately before that date are contributing to the cost incurred by that council in granting those concessions to continue to do so.
  • (2) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, where in the case of any such council—
  • (a) any such arrangements (“the former arrangements”) are in force immediately before the date on which any scheme or order under Part IV of this Act providing for the transfer to any company or companies of property, rights and liabilities comprised in that council’s bus undertaking comes into force; and
  • (b) that council retain their bus operating powers during any period after that date;

the council may reimburse the cost incurred by any company to which any public service vehicles formerly used or appropriated for use for the purposes of the council’s bus undertaking are transferred under the scheme or order in granting travel concessions at any time during that period in accordance with arrangements made with that company (“the new arrangements”) which meet the requirements of sub-paragraph (3) below.

  • (3) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the travel concessions to be granted under the new arrangements—
  • (a) shall correspond to the travel concessions available under the former arrangements; and
  • (b) shall be available in respect of journeys on public service vehicles transferred to the company in question under the scheme or order and used in operating services on routes to which the former arrangements applied.
  • (4) In any case to which sub-paragraph (2) above applies any local authority who immediately before the date on which the scheme or order in question comes into force are contributing to the cost incurred by the council in question in granting travel concessions under the former arrangements may contribute to any cost incurred by that council under sub-paragraph (2) above.
  • (5) Sub-paragraph (1) above, and sub-paragraph (2) above so far as relates to travel concessions granted on or after the date on which the repeal mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above comes into force—
  • (a) shall not apply in relation to any council unless there is in operation on that date a scheme established under section 93 of this Act by that council, or by authorities who include that council, which covers the whole of that council’s area; and
  • (b) where any such scheme which is in operation on that date subsequently ceases to operate, shall not apply in relation to the granting of travel concessions or (as the case may be) in relation to travel concessions granted at any time after the date on which the scheme ceases to operate.
  • (6) The travel concessions—
  • (a) that may be provided under the Acts of 1955 and 1964 or (as the case may be) under the Act of 1980 by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above; and
  • (b) that may be financed by any council under sub-paragraph (2) above;

shall be limited to concessions which correspond to travel concessions available at the time in question under the scheme mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above.

  • (7) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (as the case may be) sub-paragraph (6) above, travel concessions correspond to any other travel concessions in question if they are—
  • (a) of the same value;
  • (b) available subject to the same terms, limitations or conditions; and
  • (c) available to persons of the same descriptions;

as those other concessions.

  • (8) A council of any description within section 66(1) of this Act who at the time when that section comes into force are providing a service for the carriage of passengers by road which requires a PSV operator’s licence shall be regarded for the purposes of this paragraph as retaining their bus operating powers until section 66(1) has effect in relation to that council.
  • (9) In this paragraph “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 93 of this Act, and expressions to which a meaning is given for any purposes of Part IV or Part V of this Act have the same meaning.
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The Transport Tribunal

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  • (1) The repeals made by this Act which relate to the Transport Tribunal shall not affect any judgment or order given, any document issued or any other thing done under any repealed enactment before the date on which the repeals take effect; and any such judgment or order, document or thing shall have effect as if it had been given, issued or (as the case may be) done under the provision of this Act corresponding to the repealed enactment.
  • (2) Any reference in any instrument or other document to such an enactment shall be taken as regards anything done after that date as a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
  • (3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, any rules made by the Transport Tribunal under paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the 1962 Act which are in operation immediately before Schedule 4 to this Act comes into force shall have effect as if they had been made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 11 of Schedule 4.
  • (4) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to any appointment made under Schedule 10 to the 1962 Act.
  • (5) Paragraphs 3 and 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the 1962 Act (appointment of members of the tribunal and tenure of office of the president) shall continue to apply in relation to the person who, at the time when section 117 of this Act comes into force, is the president of the Transport Tribunal, notwithstanding their repeal by this Act; and Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect, so far as relates to the appointment and tenure of office of the president of the tribunal, subject to the provisions of this sub-paragraph.
  • (6) Any person who, immediately before section 117 of this Act comes into force, is a member of the special panel mentioned in subsection (3)(a) of that section, shall be treated as if he had been appointed by the Lord Chancellor, on the coming into force of that section, as a chairman of the Transport Tribunal under paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 4 to this Act.
  • (7) Sub-paragraph (6) above applies in relation to any such person whether or not he would be qualified for such appointment in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule; and, subject to paragraphs 3 and 6 of that Schedule, the terms and conditions applicable to any such person’s tenure of office as such a chairman shall be the same as those applicable to his office immediately before section 117 of this Act comes into force.
  • (8) Any person other than the president of the Transport Tribunal who is a member of the tribunal at the time when that section comes into force shall be treated as if he had been appointed as such a member by the Secretary of State under paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to this Act for a term ending when his current term of office expires, and otherwise on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to his office immediately before that section comes into force.
  • (9) Rules made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to this Act may include provision for applying those rules to proceedings pending before the tribunal at the time when those rules come into force with any modifications which appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or desirable.

Transfers under section 17 of the 1968 Act

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Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of—

  • (a) section 17 of the 1968 Act (transfer of Executive of local authority transport undertakings); and
  • (b) section 202(4) of the 1972 Act (power by order establishing Passenger Transport Executive to make any provision that could be made by an order under section 17 of the 1968 Act);

the provisions of Schedule 4 to the 1968 Act, as they had effect immediately before that repeal came into operation, continue to apply for the purpose of determining the effect or giving effect to, or making any provision consequential on or incidental to, any transfer under section 17 (including that section as applied by section 202(4)).

SCHEDULE 7

General

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In England and Wales, the provisions made by or under any enactment which apply to motor vehicles used—

  • (a) to carry passengers under a contract express or implied for the use of the vehicle as a whole at or for a fixed or agreed rate or sum; and
  • (b) to ply for hire for such use;

shall apply to motor vehicles adapted to carry less than nine passengers as they apply to motor vehicles adapted to carry less than eight passengers.

The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843

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In section 25 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (power to revoke or suspend licences of drivers of hackney carriages), the following paragraph shall be added at the end—

A magistrates” court that makes an order revoking or suspending any licence under this section may, if the court thinks fit, suspend the effect of the order pending an appeal against the order.

The Town Police Clauses Act 1847

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Section 46 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (drivers not to act without first obtaining a licence) shall not apply to a person driving a hackney carriage licensed under that Act for the purpose of or in connection with—

  • (a) any test of the mechanical condition or fitness of the hackney carriage or its equipment carried out for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (tests of satisfactory condition of vehicles other than goods vehicles) or for the purposes of any requirements with respect to such condition or fitness imposed by or under any other enactment; or
  • (b) any test of that person’s competence to drive a hackney carriage carried out for the purposes of any application made by him for a licence to drive a hackney carriage.

The Road Traffic Act 1930

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The Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954

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The Transport Act 1962

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In section 3(3) of the 1962 Act (powers of the Railways Board), for paragraph (b) (power to carry goods and passengers by road) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(b) in the circumstances specified in sections 4 and 4A of this Act respectively, to carry goods by road and to secure the provision by other persons of services for the carriage of passengers by road

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The Transport Act 1968

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In section 10(1)(xiii) of the 1968 Act (power of Passenger Transport Executive to charge for services, etc.), after the word “Act” there shall be inserted the words “and section 104(1) of the Transport Act 1985 (travel concessions on services provided by Passenger Transport Executives)”.

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In section 15(2)(b) of that Act (approval of Passenger Transport Authority required for reduction or waiver of charges by Executive), for the words “138(1) of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “104(2) of the Transport Act 1985 (travel concessions on services provided by Passenger Transport Executives)”.

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In section 16(2) of that Act (annual report of Authorities and Executives to include information with respect to certain businesses carried on by Executives and their subsidiaries), for the words from “which do not” to “road service licence” there shall be substituted the words “other than local services”.

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In section 34 of that Act (assistance for rural bus or ferry services), as it applies to England and Wales—

  • (a) in subsection (1) the words “bus service or” shall be omitted; and
  • (b) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1A) The Council of the Isles of Scilly may, on such conditions, if any, as they think fit, afford assistance to any other person, by way of grant, loan or both, for the purpose of securing the provision, improvement or continuance of any bus service if in the opinion of that Council that service is or will be for the benefit of persons residing in rural areas.

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In section 56 of that Act (assistance towards capital expenditure on public transport facilities), for subsection (4) (which excludes grants under the section unless the grant-making authorities are satisfied that the purpose in view accords with general transport planning for the relevant locality) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(4) No grant under subsection (1) of this section shall be made for any purpose unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that the provision, improvement or development of the facilities in question is appropriate in the light of— (a) any general policies formulated by a Passenger Transport authority under section 9A(1) or (5) of this Act; (b) any general policies formulated by a non-metropolitan county council under section 63(1) or by a regional or islands council under section 63(2) of the Transport Act 1985 (policies with respect to services to be secured to meet public transport requirements within the county); and (c) any measures adopted by such a council under subsection (6) of that section (measures for promoting co-ordination of services and convenience of the public in using services for their area); which are relevant to the need for facilities of the description in question in the locality in which they are, or are to be, provided; and no payment under subsection (2) of this section shall be made for any purpose unless the local authority or local authorities in question are so satisfied.

The Post Office Act 1969

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The Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

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At the end of section 5(6) of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (definition of “disqualified” in relation to membership of a social services committee) there shall be inserted the words “or under section 74 of the Transport Act 1985 (disabilities of directors of public transport companies)”.

The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971

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The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

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The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

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  • (1) In section 46(1)(a) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (prohibition on use as a private hire vehicle of a vehicle which is not a licensed hackney carriage), after the words “hackney carriage” there shall be inserted the words “or London cab”.
  • (2) In section 75(1) of that Act (vehicles to which Part II does not apply), the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (c)—

(cc) apply to a vehicle while it is being used in connection with a wedding;

and paragraph (d)(i) shall be omitted.

  • (3) In section 80(1) of that Act (interpretation of Part II)—
  • (a) the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place—
  • London cab” means a vehicle which is a hackney carriage within the meaning of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869;

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  • (b) in the definition of “private hire vehicle”, after the words “service vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “or a London cab”; and
  • (c) in the definition of “vehicle licence”, after the words “the Act of 1847” there shall be inserted the words “in relation to a London cab a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869”.

The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976

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The Concessionary Travel for Handicapped Persons (Scotland) Act 1980

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  • (1) In section 1 of the Concessionary Travel for Handicapped Persons (Scotland) Act 1980 (travel concessions for handicapped persons)—
  • (a) subsection (1) shall be omitted; and
  • (b) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(2) Section 93 of the Transport Act 1985 (travel concession schemes) shall apply in relation to handicapped persons as it applies in relation to persons mentioned in subsection (7) of that section.

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  • (2) In section 2(1) of that Act (interpretation)—
  • (a) in the definition of “handicapped persons”, for the words from “qualified” to “1964” there shall be substituted the words “eligible persons within the meaning of section 93(7) of the Transport Act 1985”;
  • (b) the definition of “public service vehicle” shall be omitted; and
  • (c) in the definition of “travel concession”, for the word “1955” there shall be substituted the word “1985”.

The Transport Act 1980

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In section 64(3) of the Transport Act 1980 (definition of taxi), for the words “section 270 of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892” there shall be substituted the words “section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982”.

The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

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  • (1) The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.
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  • (4) In section 16(1), there shall be inserted at the beginning “Subject to subsection (1A) below and section 12(7) of the Transport Act 1985”.
  • (5) In section 17(3) (grounds for the revocation, suspension, etc., of a PSV operator’s licence by a traffic commissioner), there shall be added at the end—

(f) the licence is one in relation to which a direction given by a traffic commissioner under section 28(4) of the Transport Act 1985 (power when disqualifying a former licence holder to direct that certain other PSV operators’ licences should be liable to be revoked, suspended, etc.) has effect

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  • (6) In section 17(4) (traffic commissioners not to take action under section 17(1) or (2) without first holding public sitting) for the words “a public sitting” there shall be substituted the words “an inquiry”.
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  • (8) In section 56(1) (records of licences, etc.), there shall be added at the end, the words “and shall allow the record to be inspected at all reasonable times by members of the public”.
  • (9) In section 60 (power to make regulations), in subsection (1)(f) after the word “by” there shall be inserted the words “, and the information to be displayed in or on”, and at the end there shall be added the words “or it is to be displayed”.
  • (10) In section 79 (vehicles excluded from regulation as private hire vehicles), for the words “or 42(1)” there shall be substituted the words “or (4)”.
  • (11) In section 87 (power to repeal specified sections of the Act), for the reference to “50(6)(b)” there shall be substituted a reference to “51(1)(b)”.
  • (12) In Schedule 1 (conditions affecting status or classification as a public service vehicle), paragraph 4 (parties of overseas visitors) shall cease to have effect.

The Local Government Finance Act 1982

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The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

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  • (1) The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 shall be amended as follows.
  • (2) In section 18(6) (power of Secretary of State to make rules as to procedure in relation to appeals in respect of taxi fares), after the word “may” there shall be inserted the words “by order made by statutory instrument”.
  • (3) In section 20(1) (regulations relating to taxis and private hire cars and their drivers), at the end there shall be added the words—

and may provide that such conditions shall be imposed or, as the case may be, shall not be imposed for different areas or classes of areas; and different conditions or classes of conditions may be prescribed in relation to different categories of taxi or private hire car.

  • (4) In section 21(2) (offences), after the word “driver” where second occurring there shall be inserted the words—

(otherwise than in a public place from the person to be conveyed in it, or a person acting on his behalf, for a journey beginning there and then)

.

  • (5) In section 10 (taxi and private hire car licences), for subsection (3) (refusal to grant taxi licences) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(3) Without prejudice to paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to this Act, the grant of a taxi licence may be refused by a licensing authority for the purpose of limiting the number of taxis in respect of which licences are granted by them if, but only if, they are satisfied that there is no significant demand for the services of taxis in their area which is unmet.

The London Regional Transport Act 1984

24

In section 35(1) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 (application of section to certain businesses carried on by London Regional Transport or any subsidiary of theirs), for the words from “which do not” to the end there shall be substituted the words “other than local services (within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985)”.

25

In section 55(3) of that Act (definitions of expressions used in the penalty fares provisions), for the definition of “bus service” there shall be substituted the following—

26

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

In Schedule 5 to that Act (transitional provisions and savings)—

  • (a) at the end of paragraph 10 there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(9) In this paragraph and paragraphs 11 and 12 below— (a) “London bus service” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Transport Act 1985; and (b) “London local service licence” means a London local service licence under that Part of that Act.

;

  • (b) for the word “road”, in each place where it occurs in paragraphs 11 and 12, there shall be substituted the words “London local”;
  • (c) in paragraph 11(4) the words from “(and shall accordingly” to the end shall be omitted;
  • (d) in paragraph 12(3), for the words “the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981” there shall be substituted the words “Part II of the Transport Act 1985”;
  • (e) in paragraph 12(4), for the words “31(2) to (4), 34 and 35” there shall be substituted the words “37(2) and (3) and 39”;
  • (f) in paragraph 12(5), for “32(1)” there shall be substituted the words “38(1) and (2)” and for the words “subsection (5)” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (6) and (7)”;
  • (g) paragraph 12(6) shall be omitted; and
  • (h) in paragraph 12(7), for “37(2)” there shall be substituted “41(1)”.

SCHEDULE 8

Abolition of road service licensing.

Fees relating to relevant registration functions

Application of sections 10 to 13 to London

106A
  • (1) A parish council or community council may make grants to any body towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by that body in connection with the operation of—
  • (a) a bus service appearing to the council to be wholly or mainly for the benefit of members of the public who are elderly or disabled; or
  • (b) a community bus service (as defined in section 22 of this Act).
  • (2) The power in subsection (1) above may only be exercised if—
  • (a) the bus service benefits, or appears to the council likely to benefit, persons living in the council’s area, and
  • (b) a permit in relation to the use of the vehicle by means of which the service is, or is to be, provided has been granted to the body concerned under section 19 or 22 of this Act.
  • (3) Grants under this section may be made in such cases and subject to such terms and conditions as the council think fit.

Local government reorganisation: transport functions.

SCHEDULE Substituted for Schedule 2 to the 1981 Act

Part II — Further Consequential Amendments

The Transport Act 1968

1
  • (1) The Transport Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.
  • (2) In section 96(10)(b), there shall be substituted for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” the word “commissioner” and for the words “commissioners or authority think” the words “commissioner thinks”.
  • (3) In section 98(3), there shall be substituted for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” in both places the word “commissioner” and for the words “commissioners or authority think” the words “commissioner thinks”.
  • (4) In section 99, there shall be substituted for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” in subsections (1) and (8) the word “commissioner”.
  • (5) In section 103(5), for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” there shall be substituted the word “commissioner”.

The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

4
  • (1) The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.
  • (2) In section 3(3), for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “commissioner”.
  • (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (4) In section 12, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, the word “commissioner”;
  • (b) in subsection (3), for the words “different areas” the words “a different area”; and
  • (c) in subsection (4), for the word “they” the word “he”.
  • (5) In section 14 (grant of licences)—
  • (a) for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “commissioner”;
  • (b) in subsections (1) and (3), for the word “are” in each place (other than where it first occurs in subsection (3)) there shall be substituted the word “is”;
  • (c) in subsection (4), there shall be substituted for the word “determine” the word “determines” and for the word “they” the word “he”.
  • (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (7) In section 16, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) in subsection (1), for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner” and for the words “those commissioners” the words “that commissioner”;
  • (b) in subsection (3), for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner” and for the word “them” the word “him” and for the words “they think” the words “he thinks”;
  • (c) in subsection (5), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and for the words “they think” the words “he thinks”;
  • (d) in subsection (6) for the word “commissioners” in both places the word “commissioner”, for the word “their” in both places the word “his” and for the word “they” the word “he”;
  • (e) in subsection (8), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and for the words “they are” the words “he is”; and
  • (f) in subsection (9), for the word “commissioners” in both places the word “commissioner”.
  • (8) In section 17, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) in subsection (1), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and for the word “them” the word “him”;
  • (b) in subsection (2), for the word “commissioners” where it first occurs the word “commissioner” and for the words “the commissioners direct” the words “he directs”;
  • (c) in subsection (4), for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner” and for the word “them” the word “him”; and
  • (d) in subsection (5), for the words “traffic commissioners decide” the words “a traffic commissioner decides” and for the words “they” and “them” the words “he” and “him”.
  • (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (10) In section 19, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) in subsections (1), (2) and (3), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner”; and
  • (b) in subsection (4) for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner”, for the word “them” in each place the word “him” and for the word “his” the words “the holder’s”.
  • (11) In section 20, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) in subsection (3), for the word “commissioners” where first occurring the word “commissioner”, for the words “those commissioners” in both places the words “that commissioner”, for the word “them” in each place the word “him”, for the word “they” in both places the word “he”, for the word “him”, in both places in paragraph (a), the words “the holder” and for the word “him”, in paragraph (b), the words “the holder or former holder”; and
  • (0) in subsection (6), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner”.]
  • (12) In section 21, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, the word “commissioner”;
  • (b) in subsection (2), for the words “they” and “their” the words “he” and “his”; and
  • (c) in subsection (3), for the words “they are satisfied they” the words “he is satisfied he” and for the word “them” the words “the commissioner”.
  • (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • (14) In section 52, there shall be substituted—
  • (a) in subsection (1), for the word “commissioners” whenever occurring the word “commissioner”;
  • (b) in subsection (2), for the words “The traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner”; and
  • (c) in subsection (3), for the words “the traffic commissioner” the words “a traffic commissioner”.
  • (15) In section 55, for the word “commissioners” there shall be substituted the word “commissioner” and for the word “their” there shall be substituted the word “his”.
  • (16) In section 56, in subsection (1), there shall be substituted for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and there shall be omitted the words “them or”.
  • (17) In section 57, for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “commissioner.”
  • (18) In section 60(1), for the words “the commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “traffic commissioners”.
  • (19) In section 69(1), for the words “the traffic commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “a traffic commissioner”.
  • (20) In section 82 (interpretation), the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place—
  • (21) In Schedule 3 there shall be substituted—
  • (a) in paragraph 1, for the words “traffic commissioners” in both places the words “a traffic commissioner” and for the word “commissioners”, in both places, the word “commissioner”; and
  • (b) in paragraphs 5 and 9, for the word “commissioners” whenever occurring the word “commissioner”.

The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

5

In section 18 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, there shall be substituted—

  • (a) for the word “commissioners” whenever occurring the word “commissioner”;
  • (b) in subsection (2), for the word “them” the word “him”;
  • (c) in subsection (3), for the words “they consider” in both places the words “he considers”, for the words “they decided” the words “he decided” and for the words “they should consider” the words “he should consider”;
  • (d) in subsection (5), for the words “they alter” the words “he alters”; and
  • (e) in subsection (8), for the word “their” in both places the word “his”.

The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

6

In section 38(4) and (7) of and paragraph 31(a) of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 there shall be substituted for the word “commissioners” in each place the word “commissioner”.

The London Regional Transport Act 1984

7

In Schedule 5 to the London Regional Transport Act 1984, there shall be substituted—

  • (a) in paragraph 11(5), for the word “commissioners”, where it first occurs, the word “commissioner” and for the words “those commissioners” the words “the commissioner”;
  • (b) in paragraph 11(8), for the word “commissioners”, in both places, the word “commissioner”; and
  • (c) in paragraph 12(7), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner”.

Road service licensing during transitional period

Registration of local services outside London

Variation and cancellation of registrations during transitional period

Duty to notify relevant authorities of applications for registrations etc.

Publication of information by traffic commissioner

School buses

Continuation of existing road service licences

Traffic commissioners

PSV operators’ licences

Appeals under section 18 of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c.45)

London local service licences

Compensation for loss of employment, etc.

Tendering

Agreements under section 3 of the Transport Act 1978

Travel concessions

The Transport Tribunal

Transfers under section 17 of the 1968 Act

Editorial notes

[^c10876981]: Act not in force at Royal Assent; Act wholly in force at 13.8.1987 except as provided by S.I. 1987/1228, art. 2

[^c10876971]: Act amended by S.I. 1986/1628, reg. 5(2)(3)

[^c10876961]: Act: definition of "local service" applied by Killingholme Generating Stations (Ancillary Powers) Act 1991 (c. viii), s. 12(4)(b)

[^c19484051]: Act: power to amend conferred (E.W.) (1.4.2008) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13) ss. 9(6), 15; S.I. 2007/2799, art. 3 (with art. 4)

[^c10877001]: S. 2 excluded (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iii, s. 1, Sch. s. 54 of Order

[^c10877171]: S. 6 excluded by S.I. 1986/1671, reg. 10

[^c10877181]: S. 6 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 73(3) S. 6-9 applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iii, s. 1, Sch. s. 54 of Order Ss. 6-9 restricted (S.) (1.7.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 22(1)(a) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II S. 6 extended (S.) (1.7.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 8(5)(7) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II S. 6 extended (S.) (1.7.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 22(3) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II S. 6 extended (S.) (1.7.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 32(2) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II S. 6 excluded (S.) (1.7.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/219, reg. 11 S. 6 excluded (24.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/3627, art. 62(3)

[^c19459571]: S. 6 excluded (11.2.2005) by The Merseytram (Liverpool City Centre to Kirkby) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/120), art. 55(3) (with arts. 65, 66)

[^c19459691]: S. 6 excluded (11.1.2006) by The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Order 2005; S.I. 2005/3523, art. 37(3) (with art. 52)

[^c10877191]: This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only

[^c19459341]: Words in s. 6(1) substituted (24.7.2005 for specified purposes and otherwise 16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 59, 60, Sch. 12 para. 8; S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2; S.I. 2005/2182, art. 2, Sch. 1

[^c10877221]: S. 6(2) modified (S.) (1.7.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/219, reg. 7(1)(a)

[^c10877231]: S. 6(3) modified (S.) (1.7.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/219, reg. 8(1)

[^c10877241]: Words in s. 6(3) substituted (S.) (1.7.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 45(a) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II

[^c10877251]: S. 6(8) modified (S.) (1.7.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/219, reg. 7(1)(b) S. 6(8) modified (S.) (1.7.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/219, reg. 8(1)

[^c10877261]: S. 6(8A) inserted (S.) (1.7.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 45(b) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(3), Sch. 2 Pt. II

[^c19484441]: S. 6(9): functions transferred (1.10.2007) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2139), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)

[^c10877271]: Words in s. 6(9)(d) inserted (S.) (1.4.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 83, Sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

[^c10877281]: S. 6(9)(da) inserted (S.) (1.4.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 46(a) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

[^c10877291]: Words in s. 6(9)(e) inserted (S.) (1.4.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 83, Sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

[^c10877301]: S. 6(10) inserted (S.) (1.4.2001) by 2001 asp 2, s. 46(b) (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I

[^c10877311]: S. 6 excluded by S.I. 1986/1671, reg. 10

[^c10877331]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only

[^c10877321]: S. 6 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 73(3) S. 6-9 applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iii, s. 1, Sch. s. 54 of Order Ss. 6-9 restricted (E.W.) (26.10.2001 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 38, ss. 129(1)-(3), 275; S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch. Ss. 6-9: power to modify conferred (E.W.) (1.8.2001 for W. and 26.10.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 38, s. 134(2)(a); S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch. S. 6 excluded (24.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/3627, art. 62(3)

[^c19469811]: S. 6 excluded (13.12.2006) by The Luton Dunstable Translink Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3118), art. 38(3)

[^c19469831]: Words in s. 6(1) inserted (E.W.) (1.9.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 85, 188, {Sch. 10 para. 2(2}; S.I. 2007/1801, art. 4(l)

[^c19469851]: S. 6(1A)-(1C) inserted (E.W.) (1.9.2007 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 85, 188, Sch. 10 para. 2(3); S.I. 2007/1801, art. 4(l)

[^c19484461]: S. 6(9): functions transferred (1.10.2007) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2139), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)

[^c10877451]: S. 6-9 applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iii, s. 1, Sch. s. 54 of Order Ss. 6-9 restricted (E.W.) (26.10.2001 for E. and otherwiseprosp.) by 2000 c. 38, ss. 129(1)-(3), 275; S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch. Ss. 6-9: power to modify conferred (E.W.) (1.8.2001 for W. and 26.10.2001 for E.) by 2000 c. 38, s. 134(2)(a); S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.

[^c16924461]: Word in s. 7(4)(a) repealed (1.2.2001 for E. and 14.8.2002 for W.) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II (as amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 3));S.I. 2002/2024, art. 2 Word in s. 7(4)(a) repealed (S.) (1.4.2001) by asp 2, s. 42 (with s. 66): S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I

[^c10877471]: S. 7(4)(c) and the preceding word “or” inserted (E.W.) (1.2.2001 for E. and 1.8.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 38, s. 142; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II (as amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 3)); S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 2 S. 7(4)(c) and the preceding word “or” inserted (S.) (1.4.2001) by asp 2, s. 42 (with s. 66); S.S.I. 2001/132, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I

[^c19486481]: S. 7(6)(d): functions transferred (1.10.2007) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2139), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)

[^c19486521]: S. 7(9): functions transferred (1.10.2007) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2139), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)

[^c19486501]: S. 7(11): functions transferred (1.10.2007) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2139), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)

[^c10877481]: Words in s. 7(12) substituted (S.)(1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 Pt. IV para. 117(2); S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Words in s. 7(12) substituted (E.W.)(1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1)(2), Sch. 8 Pt. IV para. 117(2): S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.

[^c10877491]: Words in s. 7(15)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/974, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(a)

[^c10877501]: S. 6-9 applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iii, s. 1, Sch. s. 54 of Order Ss. 6-9 restricted (E.W.) (26.10.2001 for E. and otherwiseprosp.) by 2000 c. 38, ss. 129(1)-(3), 275; S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch. Ss. 6-9: power to modify conferred (E.W.) (1.8.2001 for E. and 26.10.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 38, s. 134(2)(a); S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.

[^c10877521]: Words in s. 10(3)(a) substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(2)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c10877541]: Words in s. 10(5)(c) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 253, 423, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(2)(b), Sch. 34 Pt. V (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c10877551]: Words in s. 10(8) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 253, 423, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(2)(c), Sch. 34 Pt. V (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c10877561]: S. 10(10) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 253, 423, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(2)(d), Sch. 34 Pt. V (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c10877591]: S. 12(3) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 68, 81, Sch. 14 para. 8, Sch. 17; S.I. 1995/2835, art. 2

[^c10877601]: S. 12(12) amended by S.I. 1986/1628, reg. 5(1)

[^c10877611]: Word in s. 12 repealed (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 16, Sch. 6

[^c10877691]: 1847 c. 89.

[^c10877701]: 1869 c. 115.

[^c10877711]: 1982 c. 45.

[^c10877741]: 1982 c. 45.

[^c10877751]: 1869 c. 115.

[^c10877761]: 1847 c. 89.

[^c10877771]: S. 15 functions of local authority not to be the responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virute of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1

[^c10877781]: 1847 c. 89.

[^c10877791]: 1889 c. 14.

[^c10877801]: 1875 c. 55.

[^c10877811]: 1869 c. 115

[^c10877821]: Words in s. 17(2)(5)(8)(a)(b)(9) substituted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(3)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c19426771]: Words in s. 17(2)(b)(5) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 293(2); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)

[^c19426851]: S. 17(10): Definition of "the appropriate court" repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1)(3), 110, Sch. 8 para. 293(3), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)

[^c10877871]: Definitions of “designated period” and “London cab order” in s. 10(10) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(3)(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c10877881]: S. 10(11) added (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 253, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 8(3)(c) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

[^c10877931]: S. 18 renumbered as s. 18(1) (23.7.1996 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/1974, regs. 1(2)(a)(iii)(b), 4, Sch. 3 para. 1(2)

[^c10877941]: Words substituted (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 4(a)

[^c10877951]: Words repealed (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 16, Sch. 6

[^c10877961]: Word inserted (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 4(b)

[^c10877971]: S. 18(2)-(5) substituted for words in s. 18 (23.7.1996 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/1974, regs. 1(2)(a)(iii)(b), 4, Sch. 3 para. 1(3)

[^c10877981]: S. 19(7): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1 S. 19(7): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7)

[^c10878011]: Words from “a passenger-carrying” to “1988) or” inserted (1.4.1991) by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5

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