# The Transport Act 1980 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1980, Note: Explanatory note


1 This Order brings into operation on 6th October 1980 the provisions of the Transport Act 1980 which are specified in Parts I, II, III and IV of the Schedule to this Order. Those provisions relate to—
(a) the definition of “public service vehicle” and the classification of public service vehicles as stage, express or contract carriages;
(b) road service licences, including the attachment of conditions to them;
(c) trial areas;
(d) appeals to the Minister and further appeals on points of law, in so far as they relate to road service licences and London bus agreements;
(e) fare-paying passengers on school buses;
(f) the extension of the Minibus Act 1977 so as to provide for the use of large passenger-carrying vehicles by educational and other bodies;
(g) reduction of the minimum age for drivers of public service vehicles;
(h) fees for road service licences and other matters;
(i) increases in penalties;
(j) offences by bodies corporate;
(k) defences available to persons charged with certain offences;
(l) amendments to certain other Acts;
(m) interpretation;
(n) insurance or security in respect of private use of vehicles to cover use under car-sharing arrangements;
(o) grants towards duty charged on bus fuel, and new bus grants; and
(p) various repeals.
2 This Order makes a number of transitional provisions. These arise, mostly, from the coming into operation of provisions in the Transport Act 1980 relating to road service licences before the coming into operation of provisions in that Act relating to PSV operators' licences and as to the fitness of public service vehicles. Other transitional provisions cover situations where—
(a) a process has been started but not finished before 6th October 1980;
(b) all or part of a service which required a road service licence or backing before 6th October 1980 ceases to require a road service licence after that date;
(c) provisions under legislation revoked by this Order as to road service licences or backings and permits, and conditions attached to road service licences, are translated into provisions of the legislation which is brought into operation by this Order; and
(d) an order has been made before 6th October 1980 under section 1, 9 or 12 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 imposing a prohibition or restriction on the waiting of vehicles which, by virtue of section 1(3) of that Act, did not affect an express carriage and, in a trial area, a stage carriage.
3 Also Article 26 provides that, from 6th October 1980 until that Article is revoked, the statements required on driving licences in view of section 88(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 shall not be affected by the coming into operation of section 37 of the 1980 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1353/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1980-commencement-no-2-order-1980/note
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