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The Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/1943 · Made 2 July 1996

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 2nd July 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76 of the Transport Act 1982f1, hereby makes the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1

1982 c. 49. Section 76 was amended by Schedule 14 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.

(2)

For the purposes of this Order, the appointed day is 1st August 1996.

2

Subject to article 3 below, section 18 of the Transport Act 1982f1 shall come into force on the appointed day.

3

During the period beginning with the appointed day and ending immediately before the day on which section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 comes into force, section 63A(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988f1 shall have effect with the omission of the words “or by the prescribed testing authority”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

2nd July 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st August 1996 section 18 of the Transport Act 1982. Section 18 inserts a new section 63A into the Road Traffic Act 1988 which makes provision for the alteration of plated weights for goods vehicles without examination.

Transitional modifications are made to section 63A of the 1988 Act.