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Transport Act 1982

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Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)

21In section 9 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (power to prohibit driving of unfit public service vehicles)—

(a)in subsection (5), for the words from " the driver " to " public " there shall be substituted the words " any person "; and

(b)the following subsection shall be added at the end—

(10)Any removal of a prohibition under subsection (1) above shall be made by notice in writing..

22In 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 the commissioners and the issue of certificates on such applications ;.

23In 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..

24The 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.

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