The following provisions of this Act, that is to say—
(a)section 25; and
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
apply to vehicles and persons in the public service of the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 72(b) repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 146, Sch. 14
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 any power conferred by this Act on the Secretary of State to make any order or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(4)Any statutory instrument containing regulations or an order made under any provision of this Act, except an order made under section . . . F5 76(2) of this Act . . . F6, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)Regulations made under this Act may—
(a)make different provision for different cases; and
(b)contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as the Secretary of State considers expedient for the purposes of the regulations.
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 146, Sch. 14
F4S. 73(3) repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4 paras. 1–3
F5 “5(5) or” repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8
F6Words repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 146, Sch. 14
(1)The enactments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.
(2)The enactments specified in Schedule 6 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but the repeal in the M1Heavy Commercial Vehicles (Controls and Regulations) Act 1973 is subject to the saving in section 56(3) of this Act.
Marginal Citations
In this Act—
“the M21967 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967;
“the M31972 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1972;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; and
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes [F7except that in Scotland it has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984].
Textual Amendments
F7Words added (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 128(1), Sch. 9 para. 88(1)
Marginal Citations
(1)This Act may be cited as the Transport Act 1982.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8, this Act shall come into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
(4)An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings (whether or not involving the modification of any statutory provisions) as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought (wholly or partly) into force by the order.
F10(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)Except for Part I of this Act and the provisions mentioned in subsection (7) below, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
(7)The provisions referred to in subsection (6) above are—
(a)sections 66, 67 and 71 of this Act; and
(b)the amendments in paragraphs 5 and 20 of Schedule 5 to this Act of, respectively, section 48(2) of the Transport Act 1968 and Part III of Schedule 1 to the M4House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.
(8)In subsection (4) above, “statutory provision” means a provision contained in an Act or in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the M5Interpretation Act 1978.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1Power of appointment conferred by s. 76(2) exercised in part by S.I. 1982/1561 and 1804, 1983/276, 577, 650, 1984/175, 1986/1326, 1874, 1996/1943, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F8Words repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 146, Sch. 14
F10S. 76(5) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 23, s. 60(2), Sch. 8 Pt. I (with ss. 54, 55); S.I. 1995/2181, art. 2.
Marginal Citations