Section 74.
SCHEDULE 5U.K. Minor and Consequential Amendments
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Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)U.K.
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5(1)[The powers of the [ Scottish Transport Group] under section 48(2) of the Transport Act 1968 shall include power to make premises held by them available for the exercise by authorised inspectors within the meaning of Part II of this Act of their functions; and, accordingly, that power shall be treated for the purposes of section 52 of the Transport Act 1968 as conferred by section 48(2).]E+W+S
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5(1)The powers of the National Bus Company under section 48(2) of the Transport Act 1968 shall include power to make premises held by them available for the exercise by authorised inspectors within the meaning of Part II of this Act of their functions; and, accordingly, that power shall be treated for the purposes of section 52 of the Transport Act 1968 as conferred by section 48(2).N.I.
(2)Paragraph (1) above shall apply in relation to the Scottish Transport Group as it applies in relation to the National Bus Company.
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Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27)E+W+S
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(2)In section 7 of that Act (interpretation)—
(a)in subsection (1), at the end of the definition of “official testing station” there shall be added the words “or premises designated by him under section 10(12) of the Transport Act 1982”; and
(b)at the end of that subsection there shall be added the following subsection—
“(1A)References in any provision of this Act to an authorised inspector are references to a person authorised by the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 to exercise the function to which that provision relates.”.
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House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)U.K.
20U.K.In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 the following entry shall be inserted in the appropriate place—
“Director of any company eligible for loans under section 13 of the Transport Act 1982 (loans to Government-controlled company interested in former Government testing stations).”.
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Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)E+W+S
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22E+W+SIn section 52(1)(a) of that Act (fees for grant of licence), for sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(ii)applications for certificates of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act which are required by regulations to be made to [a traffic commissioner] and the issue of certificates on such applications;”.
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23E+W+SIn section 82 of that Act (general interpretation provisions)—
(a)in subsection (1), after the definition of “prescribed” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““prescribed testing authority” means such person authorised by the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 to carry on a vehicle testing business within the meaning of Part II of that Act as may be prescribed” and
(b)the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—
“(1A)References in any provision of this Act to an authorised inspector are references to an authorised inspector under section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 and, where the function to which that provision relates is one of those specified in section 9 of that Act (testing and surveillance functions), are limited to an authorised inspector authorised under section 8 to exercise that function.”.
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24E+W+SThe power conferred by section 87 of that Act to repeal section 10 of that Act and certain connected provisions by order includes power to make such other amendments in that Act and such amendments in this Act as are required in consequence of the repeal.
Transport Act 1981 (c. 56)E+W+S
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