# Transport Act 1978, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

An Act to provide for the planning and development of public passenger transport services in the counties of England and Wales; to make further provision about public service vehicle licensing, the regulation of goods vehicles and parking and about inland waterway transport; to make amendments about British Rail and railways, and about Freightliners Limited and the finances of the National Freight Corporation and other transport bodies in the public sector; and for purposes connected with those matters.
[2nd August 1978]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/55/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1978/introduction
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