The Transport Act 1980 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1981

SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF 1980 ACT COMING INTO OPERATION ON 1ST APRIL 1981

PART I

(1)	(2)
Sections of the 1980 Act	Subject matter of sections
Section 1(3) and (4) so far as it relates to the other sections specified in this Part of this Schedule	Provision that Part I of the 1980 Act shall be construed and have effect as if it were (excepts so far as it textually amends any enactment) contained in Part III of the 1960 Act and that any reference to the said Part III in any statutory provision not contained in either the said Part I or the said Part III shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the said Part I.
Section 16	Powers of, and facilities for, the inspection of public service vehicles.
Section 17	Certificates of initial fitness (or equivalent) required for use of public service vehicles.
Section 18	Power to prohibit the driving of unfit public service vehicles.
Section 19	PSV operators' licences.
Section 20	Classification of PSV operators' licences.
Section 21	Grant and duration of PSV operators' licences.
Section 22	Conditions attached to PSV operators' licences.
Section 23	Revocation and suspension of PSV operators' licences.
Schedule 3	Supplementary provisions as to qualifications for a PSV operator's licence.
Section 24	Duty to exhibit operator's disc.
Section 25	Duty to inform traffic commissioners of relevant convictions etc.
Section 26	Duty of holder of PSV operator's licence to give traffic commissioners information about vehicles.
Section 28(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (9) and (10) in so far as it relates to PSV operators' licences.	Appeals to the Minister as regards licences.
Section 28(6)	Appeals to the Minister as regards certificates of initial fitness and certificates under section 130 of the 1960 Act (type approval).
Section 29 in so far as it relates to PSV operators' licences and otherwise in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Further appeals on points of law.
Section 30(1)	Provision by regulations for modifying statutory provisions relating to public service vehicles in their application to the operation of vehicles and the provisions of services by persons in partnership.
Section 30(2)	Permitting by regulations of a road service licence or PSV operator's licence being granted to an unincorporated body.
Section 31	Death, bankruptcy etc of holder of road service licence or PSV operator's licence.
Section 34	Amendment of section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (obligatory test certificates) so as to extend its application.
Section 38 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Fees for the grant of licences etc.
Section 41 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Offences by bodies corporate.
Section 42 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Defences available to persons charged with certain offences.
Section 43 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Amendment of other Acts.
Section 44 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Interpretation.
Section 63	Substitution of section 191 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (articulated vehicles).
Section 69 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation	Repeals.

PART II (SECTIONS OF THE 1960 ACT FOR THE AMENDMENT OF WHICH SECTION 43 OF, AND PART I OF SCHEDULE 5 TO, THE 1980 ACT PROVIDE)

(1)	(2)
Paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act	Sections of the 1960 Act to which paragraphs specified in column (1) relate
Paragraph 1	Section 128 (certifying officers and public service vehicle examiners).
Paragraph 2	Section 130 (approval of type vehicles).
Paragraph 3	Section 131 (modifications in relation to experimental vehicles).
Paragraph 4 in so far as it relates to or consists of sub-paragraph (b)	Section 144 (driver licences).
Paragraph 8	Section 152 (wages and conditions of employment of persons employed in connection with public service vehicles).
Paragraph 10	Section 158 (power to regulate procedure on application for licences etc.).
Paragraph 11 in so far as it relates to or consists of sub-paragraph (a)	Section 160 (regulations for the purposes of Part III).
Paragraph 12 in so far as it relates to or consists of sub-paragraphs (a) or (b)	Section 233 (forgery and misuse of documents etc.).

PART III (ACTS (OTHER THAN THE 1960 ACT) FOR THE AMENDMENT OF WHICH SECTION 43 OF, AND PART II OF SCHEDULE 5 TO, THE 1980 ACT PROVIDE)

(1)	(2)
Title of Act	Provisions in Part II of Schedule 5 to the 1980 Act commenced by this Order
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967	The provision of paragraph 4 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation.
Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972	The provision of paragraph 1 in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation, and the provision of paragraph 3.
Road Traffic Act 1974	The whole provision.
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976	Paragraph 1.
Energy Act 1976	The whole provision in so far as it has not previously been brought into operation.

PART IV

Repeals specified in Part I of Schedule 9 to the 1980 Act relating to provisions of:—

1.  The 1960 Act, namely—

• Section 127

• Section 129

• In section 130, in subsection (2), the words from “and such” onwards.

• Sections 132, 133 and 133A.

• Section 143 in so far as its repeal has not previously been effected.

• Section 153(2)

• In section 257(1), the definition of “owner”.

2.  Acts other than the 1960 Act, namely—

Short Title	Extent of repeal
Transport Act 1968	Section 35(1), (2) and (3)(a).
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971	Section 13(5)
in section 13(6)(a) the words from “or to a decision” to “traffic commissioners”,
in Schedule 1, in paragraph 30(a), the words from “and” onwards,
in so far as these repeals have not previously been effected.
Road Traffic Act 1972	In section 44(4)—
(a) the words from “to public service vehicles” to “passengers or”;
(b) the words from “but shall apply” to “1978”;
(c) the words from “if no” to the end.
Road Traffic Act 1974	In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3 to 5.
In Schedule 5, the entries in Part I relating to section 127, 128(3), and 132(2) of the 1960 Act.
Transport Act 1978	Section 5(10).