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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1980/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1980/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/34",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1980",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the law relating to public service vehicles; to make provision for and in connection with the transfer of the undertaking of the National Freight Corporation to a company; to provide for the making of payments by the Minister of Transport in aid of certain railway and other pension schemes; to amend Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1972 as regards car-sharing arrangements; to make amendments about articulated vehicles; to prohibit the display of certain roof-signs on vehicles other than taxis; to abolish the Freight Integration Council and the Railways and Coastal Shipping Committee; to repeal certain provisions about special authorisations for the use of large goods vehicles and about charges on independent tramways, trolley vehicles and the like; and for connected purposes.\n[30th June 1980]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 32, 34, 37, 42(1)(2), 43(1), 61, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70(1)–(3),(5)–(7), Schs. 4, 5, 9, Pts. I, II, IV was taken from S.I.F Group 107:1 (Road Traffic:General), ss. 45–51, 62, 65–70, Schs. 6, 7, 9 from S.I.F. Group 126 (Transport) and ss. 52–60, 68, 70(1)–(3)(b)(c), Sch. 8 from S.I.F. Group 102 (Railways, Canals and Pipe-lines); provisions omitted from S.I.F. have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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