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Part II Passenger Transport Areas
9A. General functions of Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives.
9B. Consultation and publicity with respect to policies as to services.
15A. Additional provisions as to control of Executive by Authority.
16. Publication of annual report by Authority and Executive and prevention of improper conduct of subsidiary activities.
Reorganisation of passenger transport in Passenger Transport Areas
Part III Bus and Ferry Services
National Bus Company and Scottish Transport Group
24. Establishment and general duties of Bus Company and Scottish Group.
27. Financial provisions with respect to Bus Company and Scottish Group.
28. Transfer to Bus Company or Scottish Group of certain securities, rights and liabilities.
29. Transfer of certain property, rights and liabilities between Railways Board and Bus Company or Scottish Group.
Part IV Further Provisions as to Boards, New Authorities and Transport Services
Additional financial provisions with respect to Boards and new authorities
Miscellaneous further provisions with respect to transport services
56. Assistance by Minister or local authority towards capital expenditure on public transport facilities.
57. Grants for research or development in connection with transport services, etc.
57A. Grants for research or development in connection with transport services by inland waterways in Scotland
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60. Users of certain goods vehicles to hold operators’ licences.
66. Conditions as to matters required to be notified to licensing authority.
67. Duration of operators’ licences and grant of interim licences.
69. Revocation, suspension and curtailment of operators’ licences.
69A. Operating centres for authorised vehicles to be specified in operators’ licences.
69B. Objection to, or refusal or modification of, applications for operators’ licences on environmental grounds.
69D. Variation of operators’ licences with respect to operating centres and conditions affecting their use, etc.
69E. Publication of notice of applications for licences and variations in localities affected.
Part VIII Bridges, Level Crossings, etc.
116. Transfer of responsibility for maintenance of highways on bridges over Boards’ railways, inland waterways, etc.
118. Duty of highway authorities, etc., as respects bridges over Boards’ railways or inland waterways.
119. Ending of liability of Boards to make payments on being relieved of responsibility for bridges carrying trunk or special roads.
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121. Application of foregoing sections to undertakers other than Railways Board, London Board and Waterways Board.
Part X Miscellaneous and General
134. Duty to act in certain cases as body engaged in commercial enterprise.
139. Land required as service area for special road: compensation in certain cases of compulsory acquisition.
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144. Transfer and disposal of historical records and relics.
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SCHEDULES
Commencing Capital Debts of New Authorities
1.Each of the new authorities shall severally assume a commencing...
2.For the purposes of any period between the day appointed...
3.Without prejudice to section 53(5) of this Act, the Minister...
4.The Minister’s power to make an order under paragraph 1...
5.In the application of this Schedule or section 39(6) and...
Supplementary Provisions as to certain Transfers of Property, Rights and Liabilities
Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives
Matters which may be dealt with by order under s. 9(1)
6.The proceedings of the Authority and the Executive respectively.
7.The establishment by the Authority and the Executive respectively of...
8.The delegation of functions by the Authority or the Executive...
9.The authentication of documents of the Authority and the Executive...
10.The appointment by, or provision by the Executive for, the...
11.Provision— (a) for treating the Authority or any subsidiary of...
12.The provision of accommodation for the Authority by the Authority...
13.Provision applying, with or without modifications, to the Authority or...
14.The making of reports and the furnishing of information by...
17.Provision, as respects any period before the Authority appoint or...
New Bus Grants—Supplementary Provisions
3.A notice under paragraph 2 of this Schedule may require...
5.Any person who, in purported compliance with a notice under...
6.Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with...
7.Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with...
9.Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under paragraph 7...
11.(1) Where an offence under this Schedule committed by a...
Application to Northern Ireland
1.In section 10(1)(xxix), the reference to Parliament shall include a...
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3.In section 135(4)(b), for the reference to a tribunal established...
4.In section 137(3)(a) and (4), the references to the Secretary...
8.An arbitrator for the purposes of paragraph 13(3) of Schedule...
9.References to enactments or statutory provisions include references to enactments...
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