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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1995/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2181",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995(Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 1968 Act” means the Transport Act 1968;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995;\n“the appointed day” means 1st January 1996;\n“existing licence” means an operator’s licence within the meaning of Part V of the 1968 Act which was in force immediately before the appointed day; and\n“old-style licence” means an existing licence in respect of which no direction has been given under paragraph 10 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 73. Section 67 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1974 (c. 50), Sch. 4, para. 3. Section 68 was amended by the Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/176) reg. 36. Section 69 was amended by the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49) (“the 1982 Act”), Sch. 4, Part II, para. 7. Section 69A to 69G were inserted by the 1982 Act, Sch. 4, Part I. Part V is repealed by the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, Sch. 8. Other amendments have been made which are not relevant for the purposes of this instrument. Prospective amendments were made by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) (see explanatory note)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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