Introductory text

ROAD TRAFFIC

Laid before Parliament in draft

Made 21st December 1979

Coming into Operation 14th January 1980

The Minister of Transport, being a Minister designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the regulation and supervision of the working conditions of persons engaged in road transport and the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 95(1) and (1A), and 101(1), (2) and (5), and 157 of the Transport Act 1968^f2, and now vested in him^f3, and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 101(6) of the said Act of 1968, hereby makes the following Regulations:—