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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part I (Ss. 1‐3) rep. by 1984 NI 12

  3. PART II CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS BY ROAD

    1. Road service licences

      1. 4.Grant of road service licences.

      2. 5.Particulars to be provided by applicants for road service licences.

      3. 6.Functions as to grant of road service licences.

      4. 6A.Refusal of road service licence in certain cases.

      5. 7.Conditions of road service licences.

      6. 7A.Conditions as to matters required to be notified

      7. 8.Duration of road service licences.

      8. 9.Fees for road service licences.

      9. 10.Revocation and suspension of road service licences.

      10. 10A.Exemption from licensing requirements of certain motor vehicles used under permits.

      11. 10B.Permits in relation to buses used by educational and other bodies.

      12. 10C.Further provision with respect to permits under section 10B.

      13. 10D.Permits under section 10B: regulations.

      14. 11.Powers to make grants to operators of road passenger transport services.

      15. S. 12 rep. by 1984 NI 15

      16. S.13 rep. by 1977 NI 10

  4. PART III CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD

    1. Road freight operators' licences

      1. 14.Grant of operators' licences.

      2. 15.Applications for operators' licences.

      3. [15A.Conditions of operators' licences.

      4. 16.Duration of, and fees for, operators' licences.

    2. Road freight vehicle licences

      1. 17.Grant of vehicle licences.

      2. 18.Disqualifications for offences under s.17.

      3. 19.Applications for vehicle licences.

      4. 20.Conditions of vehicle licences.

      5. 21.Effect of vehicle licences.

      6. 22.Duration of vehicle licences.

      7. 23.Fees for vehicle licences.

      8. S.24 rep. by SLR 1976

      9. 25.Special provisions as to farmers and milk hauliers.

      10. 26.Licence, notice or mark to be affixed to and exhibited on certain vehicles.

      11. 27.Surrender of vehicle licences.

    3. General provisions relating to operators' or vehicle licences

      1. 28.Functions as to grant of operators' or vehicle licences.

      2. [28A.Refusal of operators' licences in certain cases.

      3. 29.Suspension and revocation of operators' or vehicle licences.

      4. S.30 rep. by SLR 1976

  5. PART IV GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENCES UNDER PARTS II AND III

    1. 31.Records of licences.

    2. 32.Copies of licences.

    3. 33.Transfer of licences.

    4. 34.Forgery of licences.

    5. 35.False statements.

    6. 36.Disclosure of information.

    7. 37.Inspectors and powers of entry.

    8. 38.Obtaining of information etc. by inspectors.

    9. 39.Power to seize certain articles.

    10. 40.Obstruction of inspectors.

    11. 41.Authorisation of inspectors.

    12. 42.Functions of police.

    13. 43.Prosecutions.

    14. S. 44 rep. by 1990 NI 7

    15. 45.Regulations for purposes of Parts II, III and IV.

    16. 46.Interpretation of “carriage for reward” for purposes of Part 2 and this Part.

    17. 46A. Interpretation of certain expressions in Parts II and III.

    18. 46B.Good repute

    19. 46C.Financial standing of road freight and road passenger transport operators

    20. 46D.Professional competence of road passenger transport operators

    21. 46E.Professional competence of road freight operators

    22. 46F.Savings

  6. PART V THE NORTHERN IRELAND TRANSPORT HOLDING COMPANY

    1. 47.Establishment of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company.

    2. 48.General functions of the Holding Company.

    3. 49.Power to Minister to give directions as to policy and control by the Holding Company of its subsidiaries.

    4. 50.Surplus Funds of the Holding Company.

    5. 51.Borrowing powers of the Holding Company.

    6. 52.Accounts, audit and returns.

    7. 53.Supplemental provisions as to the Holding Company and its subsidiaries.

    8. 54.Pension schemes.

    9. 55.Provision of railway services.

    10. 56.Powers of the railway undertaking.

    11. 57.Power of railway undertaking to made byelaws.

    12. S. 58 rep. by 1984 NI 15

    13. 59.Complaints as to inadequacy of railway services.

    14. 60.Discontinuance of railway services.

    15. 61.Abandonment of railway lines.

    16. 62.Powers of acquisition where railway diverted for road purposes.

    17. 63.Exchequer grants to meet capital expenditure of the railway undertaking.

    18. 64.Financial assistance by Holding Company to the railway undertaking.

    19. 65.Trespass on premises of the railway undertaking.

    20. 66.Safety arrangements at level crossings.

    21. 67.Supplemental provisions as to the railway undertaking.

  7. PART VA CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS

    1. 67A.Construction of railways.

    2. 67B.Acquisition of land by Holding Company.

    3. 67C.Information as to ownership of premises.

    4. 67D.Power to enter land.

    5. 67E.Supplementary provisions relating to section 67D.

    6. 67F.Extinguishment of public rights of way.

    7. 67G.Diversion of navigable watercourses.

    8. 67H.Extinguishment of certain public rights over navigable waters and foreshore.

    9. 67I.Orders under sections 67A(2), 67G(1) and 67H.

    10. 67J.Incorporation of Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 and Railways Clauses Act, 1863.

  8. PART VB PENALTY FARES ON BUSES AND TRAINS

    1. 67K.Operation of Schedule 1B.

  9. PART VI DISTRIBUTION OF THE UNDERTAKING OF THE AUTHORITY

    1. 68.Vesting of the Authority's undertaking in the Holding Company

    2. 69.Transfer or letting of property of the Holding Company to the railway undertaking.

    3. 70.Supplementary provisions as to the letting of property by the Holding Company to the railway undertaking.

  10. Part VII—Ss.71,72 rep. by SLR 1976 Ss. 73,74 rep. by...

  11. PART VIII MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 75.Termination of Transport Tribunal.

    2. 75A.Grants for transport facilities and services.

    3. S. 76 rep. by 1984 NI 15

    4. S.77 rep. by SLR 1976

    5. 78.Regulations.

    6. S.79(1) amends s.2 of 1930 c.24 (NI); subs.(2) rep. by...

    7. 80.Saving for powers of Minister of Transport, etc.

    8. 81.Interpretation.

    9. S. 82 rep. by 1984 NI 15

    10. 83.Short title and commencement.

  12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      THE NORTHERN IRELAND TRANSPORT HOLDING COMPANY

      1. 1.(1) A director of the Holding Company shall hold and vacate his office in accordance...

      2. 2.The Holding Company shall pay to the directors thereof such salaries or fees, and such...

      3. 3.(1) The Holding Company may act notwithstanding a vacancy among the directors. (2) The procedure...

    2. SCHEDULE 1A

      MODIFICATIONS OF ARTICLE 133(2) AND (4) OF, AND SCHEDULE 8 TO, THE ROADS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1993 FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 67A, 67G AND 67H

      1. 1.References to the said Schedule 8 shall be construed as references to that Schedule as...

      2. 2.In Article 133 (a) in paragraph (1) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) substitute— (a) section...

      3. 3.In Schedule 8 Para. (a) rep. by 1993 NI 15 (b) in paragraph 2— Head...

    3. SCHEDULE 1B

      PROVISION FOR PENALTY FARES ON BUSES AND TRAINS

      1. Liability to pay a penalty fare

      2. 1.(1) If a person travelling on a ticket bus service who has had a reasonable...

      3. 2.(1) Subject to sub‐paragraphs (2) and (3) and paragraph 3, if a person travelling on...

      4. 3.(1) Paragraph 2 shall not apply to a person travelling on a conductor train service...

      5. Amount of penalty fare, etc.

      6. 4.(1) Subject to sub‐paragraph (2), a penalty fare— (a) shall be an amount equal to...

      7. Supplementary provisions

      8. 5.(1) A person who is required to pay a penalty fare shall, unless he pays,...

      9. 6.(1) Where a person has become liable under paragraph 1 or 2 to pay a...

      10. 7.(1) In this Schedule— “authorised person” means a person authorised by the operator providing the...

    4. Schedule 2 rep. by 1984 NI 15

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