Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

General E+W+S

1 (1) In this Schedule “the M1 1967 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967. E+W+S

(2) For the purposes of any provision of this Schedule which refers—

(a) to an enactment repealed by this Act, or to the repeal by this Act of any enactment, and

(b) to the commencement of this Act,

the commencement of this Act shall be taken to be the date on which the repeal by this Act of that enactment takes effect.

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 76(107:1).

2 E+W+S Where any enactment or document refers, whether specifically or by means of a general description, to an enactment repealed by and re-enacted (with or without modification) in this Act, or is to be construed as so referring, the reference shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

3 E+W+S Any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted to be done, or deemed to have been done, or to an event which has occurred, under or by virtue of or for the purposes of, or by reference to, any provision of this Act includes (except where the context otherwise requires) a reference to the corresponding thing done, or having effect as if done, or required or authorised to be done, or omitted to be done, or deemed to have been done, or to the corresponding event which has occurred, as the case may be, under or by virtue of or for the purposes of or by reference to, the corresponding enactment repealed by this Act.

4 (1) Without prejudice to paragraph 3 above, any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done by the Secretary of State, a local authority or any other authority under a provision of this Act includes (except where the context otherwise requires) a reference to the corresponding thing done, or having effect as if done, by a predecessor authority under the corresponding provision repealed by this Act. E+W+S

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above “predecessor authority”—

(a) in relation to the Secretary of State, means the Minister of Transport or other Minister exercising the relevant function before the transfer of the function to the Secretary of State, and

(b) in relation to a council, means the authority exercising the relevant function before it vested in the council under the M2 Local Government Act 1972, the M3 London Government Act 1963, the M4 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 or any other enactment.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2) above any reference to the Minister or authority exercising a function includes a reference to a Minister or authority exercising that function for particular purposes only or in relation only to a particular part of Great Britain.

Marginal Citations

M2 1972 c. 70(81:1).

M3 1963 c. 33(81:1).

M4 1973 c. 65(81:2).

5 E+W+S Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 above, any power which, under an enactment repealed by this Act, was exercisable by the Secretary of State, a local authority or other authority immediately before the commencement of this Act by reference (whether express or implied) to anything done before the commencement of this Act may be exercised by the Secretary of State or that authority, as the case may be, under the corresponding provision of this Act.

6 E+W+S Where a period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.