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Statutory Instruments
Road Traffic, England
Road Traffic, Scotland
Made
23rd January 2015
Laid before Parliament
2nd February 2015
Coming into force
9th March 2015
1970 c.44; section 20 has been amended by the Road Traffic Act 1972 (c.20), Schedule 7; the Highways Act 1980 (c.66), Schedule 24, paragraph 19; the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27), Schedule 13, paragraph 10; the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c.54), Schedule 3, paragraph 7(a) and 7(b); the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 3(a) and 3(b); the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37), Schedule 7, paragraph 3; and the Restricted Byways (Application and Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1177), Schedule, Part I.
The Secretary of State for the Environment Order 1970, SI 1970/1681 abolished the Ministry of Transport and, subject to limited exceptions not relevant to this Act, transferred to the Secretary of State (in effect the Secretary of State for the Environment) the functions of the Minister of Transport. The Secretary of State for Transport Order 1976, SI 1976/1775 created a separate Department of Transport and all the transport functions of the Secretary of State for the Environment were transferred to the Secretary of State for Transport. In 1979, by virtue of the Minister of Transport Order 1979, SI 1979/571, a Ministry of Transport was again formed and the functions of the Secretary of State for Transport were transferred to the Minister of Transport. This situation continued until 1981, when, by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 1981, SI 1981/238, the functions of the Minister of Transport were again transferred to the Secretary of State for Transport. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997, SI 1997/2971, articles 3-6, transferred the functions of the Secretary of State for Transport to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 20(1) and (3) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c.44) (“the 1970 Act”) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, vested in the Welsh Ministers. Those functions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38) by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2; see the entry in Schedule 1 for the 1970 Act. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers immediately after the end of the initial period as defined by section 161(5) of that Act.
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