The Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 1943 (C.42)

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

Made

2nd July 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76 of the Transport Act 1982(1), hereby makes the following Order:—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.

(2) For the purposes of this Order, the appointed day is 1st August 1996.

2.  Subject to article 3 below, section 18 of the Transport Act 1982(2) shall come into force on the appointed day.

3.  During the period beginning with the appointed day and ending immediately before the day on which section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 comes into force, section 63A(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3) shall have effect with the omission of the words “or by the prescribed testing authority”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

2nd July 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st August 1996 section 18 of the Transport Act 1982. Section 18 inserts a new section 63A into the Road Traffic Act 1988 which makes provision for the alteration of plated weights for goods vehicles without examination.

Transitional modifications are made to section 63A of the 1988 Act.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Transport Act 1982 have been brought into force by Commencement Orders before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Part I	20.12.82	1982/1804
Section 16	1.11.82	1982/1561
Part III (except section 39) (England and Wales only)	1.10.86	1986/1326
Section 27(2) and (4) (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 27(5) to (9) (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 29(1), (6)(a) and (b) and (7) (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 29(2) to (5) (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 31 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 32 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 33(1), (2) and (4) (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 33(3), (5) and (6) (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 34(6) to (10) (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 36 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 37 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 38 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Sections 42 and 43 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 44 so far as it relates to section 42 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 45 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 46 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 47(6) and (7) (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Sections 48, 49(1) and 50 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 49(2) to (13) (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 51 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Section 52	1.6.84	1984/175
Section 57	11.4.83	1983/276
Section 58	1.11.82	1982/1561
Section 59	6.5.83	1983/577
Sections 60 and 61	1.11.82	1982/1561
Section 63	11.4.83	1983/276
Section 64	20.12.82	1982/1804
Section 65	11.4.83	1983/276
Section 67	20.12.82	1982/1804
Sections 68 and 70	1.11.82	1982/1561
Section 71	20.12.82	1982/1804
Section 72 (partially)	1.11.82	1982/1561
Section 73 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 73 (England and Wales only)	1.10.86	1986/1326
Section 75 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 75 (England and Wales only)	1.10.86	1986/1326
Section 76 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Section 76 (England and Wales only)	1.10.86	1986/1326
Schedule 1 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Schedule 1 (England and Wales only)	1.10.86	1986/1326
Schedule 2 (Scotland only)	30.6.83	1983/650
Schedule 3 (England and Wales only)	1.10.86	1986/1326
Schedule 3 (Scotland only)	1.12.86	1986/1874
Schedule 4	1.6.84	1984/175
Schedule 5, paragraph 6	1.6.84	1984/175
Schedule 5, paragraph 10(b)	1.4.83	1983/276
Schedule 5, paragraph 13	6.5.83	1983/577
Schedule 5, paragraphs 25 and 26	1.11.82	1982/1561
Schedule 6, insofar as it relates to section 72(2) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967	1.11.82	1982/1561
Schedule 6, insofar as it relates to the Transport Act 1968	1.6.84	1984/175

(1)

1982 c. 49. Section 76 was amended by Schedule 14 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27).

(2)

Section 18 was amended by paragraphs 2 and 7 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54).

(3)

1988 c. 52; section 63A is inserted by section 18 of the Transport Act 1982.