The Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 588 (C. 31)

TRANSPORT

The Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003

Made

28th November 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(2) and (3) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001(1), hereby make the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003.

Commencement of Provision

2.  The remainder of section 73 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

NICOL STEPHEN

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

28th November 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st January 2004, those parts of section 73 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, that are not already in force.

Section 73 amends section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and provides for the inspection of badges displayed on motor vehicles used by disabled persons.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:–

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I. No.
Section 1	1st April 2001	2001/132
Section 2
Section 4
Section 11
Section 26
Section 36
Section 38(2)
Section 40(1), (3) and (4)
Sections 41 to 44
Section 46
Sections 48 to 67 (and accordingly Schedule 1)
Sections 69 to 72
Section 73(c) and (d)
Section 74(4)
Sections 75 to 79
Sections 81 to 82
Section 83 (only for the purpose of bringing into force Paragraphs 4(1), (2), (3) and (5) of Schedule 2)
Section 80	1st May 2001	2001/167
Section 3	1st July 2001	2001/132
Section 5 to 10
Section 12 to 25
Section 27 to 35
Section 37
Section 40(2)
Section 45
Section 47
Section 83 (only for the purpose of bringing into force Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4(4) of Schedule 2)
Section 74(1), (2), (3) and (5)	1st April 2002	2001/132
Section 38(1), (3), (4), (5) and (6)	1st July 2002	2002/291
Section 39

(1)

2001 asp 2.