S. 32 repealed (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), Sch. 11

Power of appointment conferred by s. 32(2) fully exercised (E.W.): 25.8.1983 appointed (E.W.) by S.I. 1983/1089, art. 2

Ss. 33, 34 repealed by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39), s. 157, Sch. 22 Pt. II

S. 35(1)(2) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 423, Sch. 34 Pt. V (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c). Sch. Pt. 3

1976 c. 57.

1847 c. 89.

S. 35(3A) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(1), Sch. 7 para. 37 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3.

Power of appointment conferred by s. 35(5) fully exercised: S.I. 1981/1331, 1982/310

S. 36 repealed (15.7.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 140(8), 152(3), Sch.14; S.I. 1994/1648, art. 2 (with saving in art. 3(2))

The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

1962 c. 46.

The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

1905 c. 11.

1923 c. 27

The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

1981 c. 14.

1968 c. 73.

1980 c. 34.

1975 c. 24.

Power of appointment conferred by s. 40(4) partly exercised by S.I. 1981/1331, 1617, 1982/300, 310, 866, 1341, 1451, 1803, 1983/576, 930, 1089, 1988/1037, 1170

1923 c. 27.

1981 c. 14.

1923 c. 27.

1974 c. 28.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/56/part/VTransport Act 1981An Act to make provision with respect to the disposal by the British Railways Board of part of their undertaking, property, rights and liabilities; to provide for the reconstitution of the British Transport Docks Board under the name of Associated British Ports and to confer on a company powers over that body corresponding to the powers of a holding company over a wholly-owned subsidiary; to dissolve the National Ports Council and amend the Harbours Act 1964; to make further provision for promoting road safety; to make provision with respect to road humps; to provide a new basis of vehicle excise duty for goods vehicles; to amend the law as to the payments to be made for cab licences and cab drivers’ licences; to make provision for grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway; to make provision with respect to railway fires; to amend Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; and for connected purposes.1981-11-02texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-12-12Expert Participation2017-09-05Part V Miscellaneous and General Miscellaneous
32 Road humps.1

The provisions of Schedule 10 have effect with respect to road humps.

2

This section and Schedule 10 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.

33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35 Charges for licensing of cabs and cab drivers.1

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

2

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

3

Where section 70 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (fees for vehicle and operator’s licences) is not in force in the area of a district council, the sums to be paid for a licence granted by the council under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (licensing of cabs outside London) shall be such as the council may determine, and different sums may be so determined with respect to different descriptions of vehicle ; and the sums so determined shall be such as appear to the council to be sufficient in the aggregate to cover in whole or in part—

a

the reasonable cost of the carrying out by or on behalf of the district council of inspections of hackney carriages for the purpose of determining whether any such licence should be granted or renewed ;

b

the reasonable cost of providing hackney carriage stands ; and

c

any reasonable adminstrative or other costs in connection with the foregoing and with the control and supervision of hackney carriages.

3A

In subsection (3) above, references to a district council shall be read, in relation to Wales, as references to a county council or a county borough council

4

This section does not extend to Scotland.

5

This section comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument, appoint, and different days be so appointed for different purposes.

36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37 Railway etc. byelaws: increase in penalties.

In section 67 of the Transport Act 1962 (byelaws for railways and railway shipping services) for subsection (3) there is substituted the following subsection—

3

Any byelaws made under this section may provide—

a

in the case of byelaws made by virtue of subsection (1) above, that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding £200 for each offence; and

b

in the case of byelaws made by virtue of subsection (2) above, that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 for each offence and, in the case of such a contravention which continues after conviction, to a fine not exceeding £10 for each day on which the offence so continues.

.

38 Fires caused by railway engines. 1

In section 1 of the Railway Fires Act 1905 (liability of railway companies to make good damage to crops caused by their engines), in subsection (3) for the words “two hundred pounds there is substituted “ £3,000 or such greater sum as may for the time being be prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State ” ; and after that subsection there is inserted the following—

3A

An order under subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

3B

In the application of subsection (3) above to Northern Ireland for the reference to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland and any order made by the Department under that subsection—

a

shall be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; and

b

shall be subject to negative resolution as defined by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if it were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.

2

In section 2 of the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923 the words “not exceeding the sum of two hundred pounds are hereby repealed.

39 Amendment of Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passengers Vehicles Act 1981.

In the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981—

a

in Schedule 7 (consequential amendments), paragraph 24 is omitted;

b

in Schedule 8 (repeals)—

i

in the entry relating to the Transport Act 1968 the words “in section 145, subsection (2) are omitted, and

ii

in the entry relating to the Transport Act 1980 after the words “In Schedule 5, Part I there are inserted the words “ (except paragraph 13) ” and for the words “the Minibus Act 1977 and the Transport Act 1978 there are substituted the words “ and the Minibus Act 1977 and paragraphs 2 to 4 of the entry relating to the Transport Act 1978. ”.

General
40 Repeals.1

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 12 are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

2

Part I of that Schedule has effect as from the day appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 5.

3

Part II of that Schedule has effect as from the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 15(1), except for the repeal of the entry for the National Ports Council in Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 which comes into force on the Council ceasing to exist.

4

Part III of that Schedule so far as relates to—

a

the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923; and

b

the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981,

comes into force on the passing of this Act and otherwise comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.

41 Northern Ireland.1

The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland—

a

Part I;

b

Part II, except—

i

in Schedule 3, paragraphs 7 and 19;

ii

in Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 5 to 9 and 15;

c

Section 38;

d

Part I of Schedule 12, and section 40 so far as relates to that Part;

e

the repeal by Part II of Schedule 12 of the entry for the National Ports Council in Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, and section 40 so far as it relates to that repeal ;

f

Part III of Schedule 12 and section 40 so far as relating to the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923;

g

this section and sections 42 and 43.

2

The other provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland.

3

An Order in Council made under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 which contains a statement that its purposes correspond to those of sections 27 and 28 of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament instead of the order or a draft of the order being subject to the procedure set out in paragraph 1(4) or (5) of that Schedule.

42 Expenses.

Expenses incurred by any government department in consequence of the provisions of this Act shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.

43 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Transport Act 1981.

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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/56/section/32">S. 32</ref>
repealed (S.) by
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/54/section/156/3">s. 156(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/54/schedule/11">Sch. 11</ref>
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<note class="commentary C" eId="c858830">
<p>
Power of appointment conferred by s. 32(2) fully exercised (E.W.): 25.8.1983 appointed (E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/1089">S.I. 1983/1089</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/1089/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c858831">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/56/section/33">Ss. 33</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/56/section/34">34</ref>
repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/39">Finance Act 1982 (c. 39)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/39/section/157">s. 157</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/39/schedule/22/part/II">Sch. 22 Pt. II</ref>
</p>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c858845">
<p>
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repealed (3.7.2000) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29">1999 c. 29</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29/section/423">s. 423</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29/schedule/34/part/V">Sch. 34 Pt. V</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29/schedule/12/paragraph/9/1">Sch. 12 para. 9(1)</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/801">S.I. 2000/801</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/801/article/2/2/c">art. 2(2)(c)</ref>
. Sch. Pt. 3
</p>
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c858847">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/57">1976 c. 57</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858848">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1847/89">1847 c. 89</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c858849">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/56/section/35/3A">S. 35(3A)</ref>
inserted (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/22/1">s. 22(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/7/paragraph/37">Sch. 7 para. 37</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/54/5/7">ss. 54(5)(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/55/5">55(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/17/paragraph/22/1">Sch. 17 paras. 22(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/17/paragraph/23/2">23(2)</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396">S.I. 1996/396</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/article/3">art. 3</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c858850">
<p>
Power of appointment conferred by s. 35(5) fully exercised:
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1981/1331">S.I. 1981/1331</ref>
, 1982/310
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c858851">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/56/section/36">S. 36</ref>
repealed (15.7.1994) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/43">1993 c. 43</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/43/section/140/8">ss. 140(8)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/43/section/152/3">152(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/43/schedule/14">Sch.14</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/1648">S.I. 1994/1648</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/1648/article/2">art. 2</ref>
(with saving in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/1648/article/3/2">art. 3(2)</ref>
)
</p>
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<note class="commentary C" eId="c858852">
<p>The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858853">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1962/46">1962 c. 46</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c858854">
<p>The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991</p>
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c858855">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1905/11">1905 c. 11</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858856">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1923/27">1923 c. 27</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c858857">
<p>The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858858">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/14">1981 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858859">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/73">1968 c. 73</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858860">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/34">1980 c. 34</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858861">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/24">1975 c. 24</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c858862">
<p>
Power of appointment conferred by s. 40(4) partly exercised by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1981/1331">S.I. 1981/1331</ref>
, 1617, 1982/300, 310, 866, 1341, 1451, 1803, 1983/576, 930, 1089, 1988/1037, 1170
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858863">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1923/27">1923 c. 27</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858864">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/14">1981 c. 14</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858865">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1923/27">1923 c. 27</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c858866">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/28">1974 c. 28</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
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<dc:description>An Act to make provision with respect to the disposal by the British Railways Board of part of their undertaking, property, rights and liabilities; to provide for the reconstitution of the British Transport Docks Board under the name of Associated British Ports and to confer on a company powers over that body corresponding to the powers of a holding company over a wholly-owned subsidiary; to dissolve the National Ports Council and amend the Harbours Act 1964; to make further provision for promoting road safety; to make provision with respect to road humps; to provide a new basis of vehicle excise duty for goods vehicles; to amend the law as to the payments to be made for cab licences and cab drivers’ licences; to make provision for grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway; to make provision with respect to railway fires; to amend Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; and for connected purposes.</dc:description>
<dc:date>1981-11-02</dc:date>
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<dc:modified>2017-12-12</dc:modified>
<dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor>
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<num>Part V</num>
<heading> Miscellaneous and General</heading>
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<heading> Miscellaneous</heading>
<section eId="section-32">
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<ins class="d30p1048">32</ins>
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<heading>
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<noteRef href="#c858829" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Road humps.
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<subsection eId="section-32-1">
<num>
<ins class="d30p1048">1</ins>
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<p>
<ins class="d30p1048">The provisions of Schedule 10 have effect with respect to road humps.</ins>
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<noteRef href="#c858830" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
2
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1048 last">This section and Schedule 10 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.</ins>
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<section eId="section-3334.">
<num>33</num>
<heading>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<noteRef href="#c858831" marker="F2" class="commentary F"/>
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<content>
<p/>
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<section eId="section-35" period="#period2">
<num>35</num>
<heading> Charges for licensing of cabs and cab drivers.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-35-1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c858845" marker="F3" class="commentary F"/>
1
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
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<subsection eId="section-35-2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c858845" marker="F3" class="commentary F"/>
2
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-35-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>
Where section 70 of the
<noteRef href="#c858847" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (fees for vehicle and operator’s licences) is not in force in the area of a district council, the sums to be paid for a licence granted by the council under section 37 of the
<noteRef href="#c858848" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (licensing of cabs outside London) shall be such as the council may determine, and different sums may be so determined with respect to different descriptions of vehicle ; and the sums so determined shall be such as appear to the council to be sufficient in the aggregate to cover in whole or in part—
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<paragraph eId="section-35-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the reasonable cost of the carrying out by or on behalf of the district council of inspections of hackney carriages for the purpose of determining whether any such licence should be granted or renewed ;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the reasonable cost of providing hackney carriage stands ; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>any reasonable adminstrative or other costs in connection with the foregoing and with the control and supervision of hackney carriages.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
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<num>
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<noteRef href="#c858849" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
3A
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p1130 last">In subsection (3) above, references to a district council shall be read, in relation to Wales, as references to a county council or a county borough council</ins>
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<subsection eId="section-35-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>This section does not extend to Scotland.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-35-5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c858850" marker="C2" class="commentary C"/>
5
</num>
<content>
<p>This section comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument, appoint, and different days be so appointed for different purposes.</p>
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<section eId="section-36" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c858851" marker="F5" class="commentary F"/>
36
</num>
<heading>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</heading>
<content>
<p/>
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<section eId="section-37">
<num>37</num>
<heading>
Railway
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
byelaws: increase in penalties.
<noteRef href="#c858852" marker="C3" class="commentary C"/>
</heading>
<content>
<p>
In section 67 of the
<noteRef href="#c858853" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
Transport Act 1962 (byelaws for railways and railway shipping services) for subsection (3) there is substituted the following subsection—
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<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Any byelaws made under this section may provide—</p>
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<paragraph eId="d4e215">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of byelaws made by virtue of subsection (1) above, that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding £200 for each offence; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e221">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of byelaws made by virtue of subsection (2) above, that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 for each offence and, in the case of such a contravention which continues after conviction, to a fine not exceeding £10 for each day on which the offence so continues.</p>
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<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
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<section eId="section-38">
<num>38</num>
<heading>
Fires caused by railway engines.
<noteRef href="#c858854" marker="C4" class="commentary C"/>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-38-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
In section 1 of the
<noteRef href="#c858855" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
Railway Fires Act 1905 (liability of railway companies to make good damage to crops caused by their engines), in subsection (3) for the words “two hundred pounds there is substituted
<mod>
<quotedText>“ £3,000 or such greater sum as may for the time being be prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State ”</quotedText>
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; and after that subsection there is inserted the following—
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<num>3A</num>
<content>
<p>An order under subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e255">
<num>3B</num>
<intro>
<p>In the application of subsection (3) above to Northern Ireland for the reference to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland and any order made by the Department under that subsection—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="d4e261">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>shall be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="d4e267">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>shall be subject to negative resolution as defined by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if it were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-38-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
In section 2 of the
<noteRef href="#c858856" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923 the words “not exceeding the sum of two hundred pounds are hereby repealed.
</p>
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</section>
<section eId="section-39">
<num>39</num>
<heading>
Amendment of Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passengers Vehicles Act 1981.
<noteRef href="#c858857" marker="C5" class="commentary C"/>
</heading>
<intro>
<p>
In the
<noteRef href="#c858858" marker="M6" class="commentary M"/>
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981—
</p>
</intro>
<subsection eId="section-39-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in Schedule 7 (consequential amendments), paragraph 24 is omitted;</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>in Schedule 8 (repeals)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-39-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>
in the entry relating to the
<noteRef href="#c858859" marker="M7" class="commentary M"/>
Transport Act 1968 the words “in section 145, subsection (2) are omitted, and
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-39-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
in the entry relating to the
<noteRef href="#c858860" marker="M8" class="commentary M"/>
Transport Act 1980 after the words “In Schedule 5, Part I there are inserted the words
<mod>
<quotedText>“ (except paragraph 13) ”</quotedText>
</mod>
and for the words “the Minibus Act 1977 and the Transport Act 1978 there are substituted the words
<mod>
<quotedText>“ and the Minibus Act 1977 and paragraphs 2 to 4 of the entry relating to the Transport Act 1978. ”</quotedText>
</mod>
.
</p>
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<heading> General</heading>
<section eId="section-40">
<num>40</num>
<heading> Repeals.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-40-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The enactments mentioned in Schedule 12 are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Part I of that Schedule has effect as from the day appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 5.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
Part II of that Schedule has effect as from the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 15(1), except for the repeal of the entry for the National Ports Council in Part II of Schedule 1 to the
<noteRef href="#c858861" marker="M9" class="commentary M"/>
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 which comes into force on the Council ceasing to exist.
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<subsection eId="section-40-4">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c858862" marker="C6" class="commentary C"/>
4
</num>
<intro>
<p>Part III of that Schedule so far as relates to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-40-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
the
<noteRef href="#c858863" marker="M10" class="commentary M"/>
Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923; and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-40-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the
<noteRef href="#c858864" marker="M11" class="commentary M"/>
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981,
</p>
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</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>comes into force on the passing of this Act and otherwise comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.</p>
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</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-41">
<num>41</num>
<heading> Northern Ireland.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-41-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>Part I;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>Part II, except—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-41-1-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>in Schedule 3, paragraphs 7 and 19;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-41-1-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>in Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 5 to 9 and 15;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>Section 38;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>Part I of Schedule 12, and section 40 so far as relates to that Part;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the repeal by Part II of Schedule 12 of the entry for the National Ports Council in Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, and section 40 so far as it relates to that repeal ;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>
Part III of Schedule 12 and section 40 so far as relating to the
<noteRef href="#c858865" marker="M12" class="commentary M"/>
Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>this section and sections 42 and 43.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-41-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The other provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-41-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
An Order in Council made under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the
<noteRef href="#c858866" marker="M13" class="commentary M"/>
Northern Ireland Act 1974 which contains a statement that its purposes correspond to those of sections 27 and 28 of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament instead of the order or a draft of the order being subject to the procedure set out in paragraph 1(4) or (5) of that Schedule.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-42">
<num>42</num>
<heading> Expenses.</heading>
<content>
<p>Expenses incurred by any government department in consequence of the provisions of this Act shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-43">
<num>43</num>
<heading> Short title.</heading>
<content>
<p>This Act may be cited as the Transport Act 1981.</p>
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