2001 No. 1498 (C. 53)

TRANSPORT

The Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2001

Made

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 275(1) of the Transport Act 20001 hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, and interpretation1

This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2001.

Provisions coming into force on 1st May 20012

Section 3 of the Transport Act 2000 shall come into force on 1st May 2001.

Provisions coming into force on 1st July 20013

Section 265 of the Transport Act 2000 shall come into force on 1st July 2001.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Keith Hill,Parliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 3 of the Transport Act 2000 into force on 1st May 2001. That enactment makes it a criminal offence if a person provides air traffic services in respect of a managed area save where those services are excepted by that section or the subject of an exemption or a licence granted under Chapter I of Part I of the Act.

It also brings section 265 into force on 1st July 2001. That section extends to England and Wales only and amends the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 to provide that a vehicle with no more than 8 passenger seats provided for hire with the services of a driver which carries passengers otherwise than at separate fares must, with certain exceptions, be licensed as a private hire vehicle.

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Transport Act 2000 have been, or will be, brought into force in accordance with commencement orders made before the date of this Order—

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.I. No

Sections 1 and 2

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 4 to 35

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 36 and 37

1st April 2001

2001/869

Sections 38 to 40

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 41 to 65

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 66 to 72

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 73 to 84

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 85 to 96

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 97

1st February (in part) and 1st April 2001 (remainder)

2001/57 and 2001/869

Sections 98 to 107

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 108 to 113 (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 119 (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 135 to 143 (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 144 (in part) (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 145 (as respects England)

1st January 2001 (in part), 1st February 2001 (in part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder)

2000/3229

Section 146 (as respects England)

1st January 2001 (in part), 1st February 2001 (in part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder)

2000/3229

Sections 147 and 148 (as respects England)

1st June 2001

2000/3229

Section 149 (as respects England)

1st January 2001 (in part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder)

2000/3229

Section 150 (as respects England)

1st January 2001

2000/3229

Section 151 (as respects England)

1st April 2001

2000/3229.

Section 152 (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 153 (in part) (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 154(1) to (5) (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 156 to 160 (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 161 (in part) (as respects England)

1st February 2001 and 20th February 2001

2001/57 and 2001/242

Section 162 (as respects England)

1st January 2001 (in part), 1st February 2001 (in part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder)

2000/3229

Sections 163 to 200 (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 201 to 210

15th January 2001

2000/3376

Section 211

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 212 to 215

1st February 2001

2001/572

Section 216

30th January 2001 (in part) and 1st February 2001 (remainder)

2001/57

Section 217

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 218

30th January 2001

2001/57

Sections 219 to 221

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 222

15th January 2001

2000/3376

Sections 224 to 227

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 229 and 230

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 232 to 240

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 241

15th January 2001

2000/3376

Sections 242 to 247

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 249

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 250

15th January 2001

2000/3376

Section 251

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 252

15th January 2001 (in part) and 1st February 2001 (remainder)

2000/3376 and 2001/57

Section 254

30th January 2001

2001/57

Sections 255 and 256

1st February 2001

2001/57

Sections 261 and 262

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 264

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 266

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 267 (in part) (as respects England)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 268

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 270

30th January 2001

2001/57

Sections 271 to 273

1st February 2001

2001/57

Section 274 (in part)

15th January 2001, 1st February 2001 and 1st April 2001

2001/3376, 2001/57 and 2001/869

Schedules 1 to 3

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedules 4 and 5

1st April 2001

2001/869

Schedules 6 and 7

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 8, paragraphs 1, 2, 11 to 17 and 19

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 8 (remaining paragraphs)

1st April 2001

2001/869

Schedule 9

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 10 (as respects England), except for paragraph 1(1)(a) and 2(a) and the words “a quality partnership scheme or” in paragraph 12(2)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 11 (as respects England), paragraphs 2 to 5, 9, 10(1) and (3), 11 to 13 and 22 (in part)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 11, paragraphs 15 to 19 (as respects England)

1st June 2001

2000/3229

Schedule 11, paragraph 23 (as respects England)

1st April 2001

2000/3229

Schedules 12 and 13

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 14

15th January 2001

2000/3376

Schedule 15

30th January 2001

2001/57

Schedule 16

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 17

30th January 2001 (Part III) and 1st February 2001 (remainder)

2001/57

Schedule 18

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 19

30th January 2001

2001/57

Schedules 20 to 23

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 25

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 26

15th January 2001

2000/3376

Schedule 27, apart from paragraph 16

15th January 2001 (paragraph 50) and 1st February (remainder)

2000/3376 and 2001/57

Schedule 30

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 31 (Part I)

1st April 2001

2001/869

Schedule 31 (Part II) (in part) (as respects England)

1st February 2001, 1st April 2001 and 1st June 2001

2000/3229 and 2001/57

Schedule 31 (Part III)

1st February 2001

2001/57

Schedule 31 (Part IV) (in part)

15th January and 1st February 2001

2000/3376 and 2001/57