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The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/2759 · Made 25 October 2004

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Made 25th October 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 120(1) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003f1 hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 20.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement of provisions
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004.

(2)

In this Order, “the 2003 Act” means the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.

2Commencement of provisions

(1)

The following provisions of the 2003 Act shall come into force on 31st October 2004—

(a)

section 116 (Schedules 1 and 4: sequestration, &c. in Scotland), in so far as it did not come into force on 5th July 2004; and

(b)

sub-section (5) of section 34 (compulsory police services agreement).

(2)

Section 110 (seat belts: delivery drivers) shall come into force on 1st March 2005.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

25th October 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force:

  • on 31st October 2004, the provisions of sections 34 and 116 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20) not already in force; and

  • on 1st March 2005, section 110 of that Act..