Introductory text

Health And Safety

Public Passenger Transport

Public Passenger Vehicles

Road Traffic

Made 26th November 2013

Laid before Parliament 2nd December 2013

Coming into force 31st December 2013

The Secretary of State, in whom the powers conferred by the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations now vest^f1, makes the following Regulations.

The Secretary of State is designated^f2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 in relation to the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme.

The Secretary of State has consulted the Health and Safety Executive and such other bodies as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate so far as is required by section 50(1)(b) and (1AA) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974^f4 for the purposes of these Regulations.

The Secretary of State has consulted such representative organisations as the Secretary of State thinks fit in accordance with—

(a)

section 101(6) of the Transport Act 1968^f5;

(b)

section 61(2) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981^f6;

(c)

section 134(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984^f7; and

(d)

section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f8,

so far as is required for the purposes of these Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1970/1681 transferred functions from the Minister of Transport to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for the Environment. S.I. 1976/1775 transferred transport functions exercised by the Secretary of State for the Environment to the Secretary of State for Transport. S.I. 1979/571 transferred functions of the Secretary of State for Transport to the Minister of Transport. S.I. 1981/238 transferred functions of the Minister of Transport to the Secretary of State for Transport. S.I. 1997/2971 transferred the functions of the Secretary of State for Transport to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. S.I. 2001/2568 transferred the functions of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. S.I. 2002/2626 transferred functions under section 300(2) of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), so far as exercisable by the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and the Secretary of State acting jointly, to the Secretary of State for the time being having general responsibility in transport matters in relation to England. It also transferred functions of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions not transferred by other articles in that Order to the First Secretary of State. S.I. 2008/1034 transferred the functions of the First Secretary of State that were the functions of the Secretary of State for Transport immediately before the coming into force of S.I. 1997/2971, to the Secretary of State. It also transferred any function of the First Secretary of State not transferred by any other provision of the Order to the Secretary of State.
f2: S.I. 1972/1811. There are amendments to this Order which are not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: 1972 c. 68.
f4: 1974 c. 37. Section 50(1) and (1AA) was inserted in substitution by the Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/960), articles 3, 16(1) and (2).
f5: 1968 c. 73.
f6: 1981 c. 14. Section 61(2) was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), sections 135(1) and 139(3) and Schedule 8.
f7: 1984 c. 27. Section 134(2) is amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168(1) and Schedule 8, Part 2, paragraph 77.
f8: 1988 c. 52. There is a prospective amendment to subsection (2) which is not relevant to these Regulations.