Article 2
Assets as at 1st April 2003 attributable to the Traffic Area Network being:
(a)land and buildings;
(b)equipment, fixtures, furniture, fittings and computer hardware and software;
(c)intangible assets, including intellectual property;
(d)current assets.
Liabilities attributable as at 1st April 2003 to the Traffic Area Network being:
fees paid in advance.
Article 4
1. The inspection, examination, testing and weighing of vehicles, their parts, accessories, equipment and loads and the inspection of relevant records.
2. The enforcement of laws relating to, or connected with, vehicles and vehicle operators.
3. The provision of authority required for carrying on activities relating to vehicles and vehicle operators.
4. The promotion of safety and environmental protection in connection with vehicles and vehicle operators.
5. The funding and support, in accordance with the terms and conditions of their appointment, of persons appointed by the Secretary of State to be traffic commissioners or their deputies pursuant to section 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1)
6. The provision of persons appointed as officers and servants of traffic commissioners by the Secretary of State pursuant to Schedule 2 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
7. Contributing to any government policy to develop partnerships with other public and private sector bodies.
8. The carrying out of operations incidental, conducive or otherwise ancillary to the conduct of the operations described above.
1981 c. 14; section 4 was substituted by section 3(2) of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) and Schedule 2 was substituted by section 3(3) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act.