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The Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/115 · Made 22 January 2001

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TRANSPORT

Made 22nd January 2001

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of his powers under sections 275 and 276 of the Transport Act 2000f1, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 38.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001
  3. 3Amendment of Part II of Schedule 3 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2001.

2Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001

(1)

Part I of Schedule 2 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

After “Sections 212 to 215” insert “(and accordingly Schedule 16)”.

(3)

Omit “Section 253”.

(4)

After “Sections 232 to 240” insert “(and accordingly Schedule 25)”.

(5)

For “Sections 255 to 262 (and accordingly Schedules 29 and 30).” substitute—

“Sections 255 and 256.

Sections 261 and 262 (and accordingly Schedule 30).”.

(6)

For “Sections 264 to 268.” substitute—

“Section 264.

Section 266.

Section 268.”.

3Amendment of Part II of Schedule 3 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001

(1)

Part II of Schedule 3 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001 is amended as follows.

(2)

for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2

Section 111 of the Transport Act 1985 (unregistered and unreliable local services: repayment of fuel duty grant) shall continue to apply as respects any proceedings under section 54 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981f1 instigated by a traffic commissioner before 1st February 2001, in respect of the operation of a local service, as if section 158 of and paragraph 22 of Schedule 11 to the Act had not come into force.

3

Notwithstanding their repeal under Part II of Schedule 31 to the Act, sections 89, 90 and 92 of the Transport Act 1985f2 (expenditure on public transport services) shall continue to apply as respects invitations to tender issued before 1st February 2001.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Chris Mullin

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions

22nd January 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001 to omit sections 253, 257 to 260, 265, and 267 of the Transport Act 2000 from the provisions specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to that Order, which are brought into force on 1st February 2001.

Section 253 (which contains transitional arrangements for railways) came into force at Royal Assent (together with Schedule 28).

Sections 257 to 260 and 265 contain provisions relating to driver training and driving instructors and the licensing of private hire vehicles. Section 267 (which contains provisions about appeals relating to London service permits) will still be brought into force in part on 1st February 2001 notwithstanding this Order, in accordance with provisions in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001, for the purposes of making regulations.

The Order also amends the transitional provisions in Part II of Schedule 3 relating to the commencement of sections 158 and paragraph 22 of Schedule 11, which amend provisions relating to the repayment of fuel grant duty for unregistered and unreliable local services.