Transport Act 1968
PART IIntegration of Freight Transport Services
The National Freight Corporation
1Establishment and general duty of Freight Corporation
2General powers of Freight Corporation
3Financial provisions with respect to Freight Corporation
Transfer of assets, etc
4Transfer to Freight Corporation of certain securities, rights and liabilities
5Formation by Railways Board of, and transfer to Freight Corporation of shares in, subsidiary companies
The Freight Integration Council
6The Freight Integration Council
Redistribution of activities between Freight Corporation and Railways Board or Scottish Group
7Transfer schemes by authorities
8Transfer orders by Minister
PART IIPassenger Transport Areas
Designation of Passenger Transport Areas and establishment and functions of Authorities and Executives
9Passenger Transport Areas, Authorities and Executives
10General powers of Executive
11Financial duty of Executive
12Borrowing powers of Executive
13Power for Authority to precept for Executive
14Accounts of Executive
15Further functions of Authority
16Publication of annual report by Authority and Executive and prevention of improper conduct of subsidiary activities
Reorganisation of passenger transport in Passenger Transport Areas
17Transfer to Executive of local authority transport undertakings
18Planning of passenger transport services in designated areas
19Transfer of control of bus services to Executive
20Special duty of certain Executives with respect to railway passenger services
21Provisions as to functions of traffic commissioners in connection with designated areas
General
22Provisions as to regulations and orders under Part II
23Consents of, or directions by, Minister under Part II
PART IIIBus and Ferry Services
National Bus Company and Scottish Transport Group
24Establishment and general duties of Bus Company and Scottish Group
25General powers of Bus Company
26General powers of Scottish Group
27Financial provisions with respect to Bus Company and Scottish Group
28Transfer to Bus Company or Scottish Group of certain securities, rights and liabilities
29Transfer of certain property, rights and liabilities between Railways Board and Bus Company or Scottish Group
Relaxation of control over certain bus services
30Permit for certain bus services in lieu of road service licence
31Abolition of special control over bus services provided by local authorities outside their areas
Assistance for bus and ferry services
32New bus grants
33Grants towards duty charged on bus fuel
34Assistance for rural bus or ferry services
Further provision relating to public service vehicles
35Provisions with respect to operation of public service vehicles
36Power of local authority to run contract carriages
37Power for local authorities to acquire or dispose of public service vehicle undertakings
PART IVFurther Provisions as to Boards, New Authorities and Transport Services
Railways Board
38Composition of Railways Board and removal of requirement for regional boards
39Grants for unremunerative passenger services
40Grants pending elimination of surplus track and signalling equipment
Additional financial provisions with respect to Boards and new authorities
41Financial provisions as to Boards and new authorities
42Additional financial provisions as to Railways Board
43Additional financial provisions as to Waterways Board
44Account by Minister of receipt and disposal of certain sums
Additional duties of Boards and new authorities
45Duty of Freight Corporation and Railways Board to review organisation
46Duty of Boards and new authorities to promote research and development
Additional powers of Boards and new authorities
47Extension to new authorities of certain functions of Boards
48Manufacture, repair and supply
49Powers with respect to land
50Miscellaneous provisions as to powers
51Subsidiaries and joint subsidiaries
52Supplementary and miscellaneous provisions
Power to dissolve Holding Company, etc.
53Provisions with respect to Holding Company
Miscellaneous further provisions with respect to transport services
54Railway closures
55Amendments as to Transport Consultative Committees
56Assistance by Minister or local authority towards capital expenditure on public transport facilities
57Grants for research or development in connection with transport services, etc.
58Assistance by local authorities in Scotland for railway passenger services
PART VRegulation of Carriage of Goods by Road
The licensing authority
59The licensing authority for Part V
Operators' licences
60Users of certain goods vehicles to hold operators' licences
61Authorised vehicles
62Applications for operators' licences
63Objections to grant of operators' licences
64Decision on applications for operators' licences
65Conditions as to transport managers
66Conditions as to matters required to be notified to licensing authority
67Duration of operators' licences and grant of interim licences
68Variation of operators' licences
69Revocation, suspension and curtailment of operators' licences
70Rights of appeal in connection with operators' licences
Special authorisations for use of large goods vehicles
71Control of the use of large goods vehicles
72Applications for special authorisations
73Objections to grant of special authorisations
74Decision on applications for special authorisations
75Expedited grant of special authorisation in cases of urgency
76Terms and conditions of special authorisations
77Duration of special authorisations
78Variation of special authorisations
79Revocation and suspension of special authorisations
80Rights of appeal in connection with special authorisations
Enforcement
81Consignment notes
82Powers of entry and inspection
83Falsification of consignment notes and records
84Evidence by certificate
Supplementary
85Holding companies and subsidiaries
86Operators' licences and special authorisations not to be transferable
87Inquiries
88Provisions relating to Transport Tribunal
89Fees
90Appointment and remuneration of officers and servants
91Regulations and orders for purposes of Part V
92Interpretation of Part V
Abolition of carriers' licensing for certain vehicles
93Carriers' licences not to be required for small vehicles or for medium vehicles covered by operators' licences
Transitional provisions and amendments
94Transitional provisions and amendments
PART VIDrivers' Hours
95Vehicles and drivers subject to control under Part VI
96Permitted driving time and periods of duty
97Installation and operation of recording equipment in vehicles
98Written records
99Inspection of records and other documents
100Power to give effect to international agreements
101Orders and regulations under Part VI
102Application to the Crown and exemption for police and fire brigade
103Interpretation, supplementary provisions, etc., for Part VI
PART VIIInland Waterways
The Board's waterways
104Classification of the Board's waterways
105Maintenance of the Board's waterways
106Enforcement of maintenance duty
107Amendments as to general duties of Board
108Prevention of nuisance as respects certain waterways
109Power of certain bodies to maintain or take over waterways and connected works
110The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council
111Access agreements and orders as respects canals other than commercial waterways and cruising waterways
Other inland waterway provisions
112Power to extinguish statutory rights and obligations in respect of canals not comprised in undertaking of Board
113Byelaws in respect of waterways owned or managed by certain bodies
114Power of local authorities to assist in maintaining waterways for amenity purposes
Supplementary
115Interpretation of Part VII
PART VIIIBridges, Level Crossings, etc.
Bridges
116Transfer of responsibility for maintenance of highways on bridges over Boards' railways, inland waterways, etc.
117Duty of Boards as respects bridges carrying highways
118Duty of highway authorities, etc., as respects bridges over Boards' railways or inland waterways
119Ending of liability of Boards to make payments on being relieved of responsibility for bridges carrying trunk or special roads
120Minimum height for bridge parapets
121Application of foregoing sections to undertakers other than Railways Board, London Board and Waterways Board
122Interpretation of sections 116 to 121
Level crossings
123Power of highway and other authorities to contribute to cost of barriers, etc., at level crossings
124Board's obligations at level crossings with roads other than public carriage roads
Inspectors of railways
125Powers of inspectors of railways as respects persons other than railway companies and their staff
PART IXRegulation of Road Traffic
126Amendment of provisions as to regulation of traffic
127Amendment of provisions as to parking places
128Powers as to parking, etc., of public service vehicles
129Traffic signs, bollards, etc.
130Increase of responsibility of local authorities in connection with road traffic
131Enforcement-fixed penalties and traffic wardens
132Application of principal Act to Isles of Stilly
133Principal Act to be printed as amended by this Act
PART XMiscellaneous and General
134Duty to act in certain cases as body engaged in commercial enterprise
135Compensation for loss of employment, etc.
136Pensions
137Machinery for negotiation and consultation with staff
138Travel concessions
139Land required as service area for special road: compensation in certain cases of compulsory acquisition
140Acquisition of land to be exchanged for common land, etc.
141Application of Town and Country Planning Acts
142Powers of Minister in connection with channel tunnel
143Channel Tunnel Planning Council
144Transfer and disposal of historical records and relics
145Minor amendments of Road Traffic Act 1960
146Approval marks
147Exhibition of licences under Vehicle (Excise) Act 1962
148Amendment of Road Safety Act 1967
149Application of road traffic enactments to Crown roads
150Railways and Coastal Shipping Committee
151Amendment of Highlands and Islands Shipping Services Act 1960
152Amendment of 1937 c. 28 as to marine works in Scotland
153Compensation for certain refusals under Docks and Harbours Act 1966
154Restriction of operation of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, s. 226
155Amendments as to disqualification for membership of House of Commons, etc.
156Miscellaneous, supplementary and consequential provisions
157Orders and regulations
158Inquiries
159Interpretation-general
160Stamp duty
161Income tax, etc.
162Rating
163Expenses
164Application to Northern Ireland
165Repeals
166Short title and commencement
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The New Authorities
1The Freight Corporation shall consist of— (a) a chairman appointed...
2The Bus Company shall consist of— (a) a chairman appointed...
3The Scottish Group shall consist of— (a) a chairman appointed...
4The chairman and other members of each of the new...
5In appointing the chairman and other members of any of...
6The provisions of Part I of Schedule 1 to the...
SCHEDULE 2Commencing Capital Debts of New Authorities
1Each of the new authorities shall severally assume a commencing...
2For the purposes of any period between the day appointed...
3Without prejudice to section 53(5) of this Act, the Minister...
4The Minister's power to make an order under paragraph 1...
5In the application of this Schedule or section 39(6) and...
SCHEDULE 3Bodies whose Securities are transferred to Freight Corporation
PART I
Transfers from Holding Company and subsidiaries
PART II
Transfers from Railways Board
SCHEDULE 4Supplementary Provisions as to certain Transfers of Property, Rights and Liabilities
Allocation of property, rights and liabilities
1(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect where...
Rights and liabilities under agreement for rendering of personal services
2(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect where...
Right to production of documents of title
3Where on any transfer to which this Schedule applies the...
Perfection of vesting of certain property or rights
4Where in the case of any transfer to which this...
Proof of title by certificate
5In the case of any transfer to which this Schedule...
Restrictions on dealing with certain land
6If the Minister is satisfied on the representation of the...
Construction of agreements, statutory provisions and documents
7Where in the case of any transfer to which this...
8Save as otherwise provided by any provision of this Act...
9On and after the transfer date for any transfer to...
10Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of paragraphs...
11If, in the case of any transfer to which this...
12(1) References in paragraphs 7 to 11 of this Schedule...
Third parties affected by vesting provisions
13(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 7 to...
SCHEDULE 5Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives
PART I
The Authority
1The Authority established for a designated area under an order...
2If and to such extent as it appears to him...
3A person may be appointed as a member of the...
4A person who at the date of his appointment as...
5If at any time not less than three months after...
PART II
The Executive
1The first persons to be appointed as the Director General...
2No person who is for the time being a member...
3(1) Subject to paragraph 2 of this Part of this...
4The Executive shall pay to or in respect of the...
5Without prejudice to section 10(1)(xxx) of this Act, the Executive...
PART III
Matters which may be dealt with by order under s. 9(1)
1The fixing and notification of the dates on which the...
2The incorporation of the Authority.
3The appointment— (a) in accordance with Part I of this...
4The terms on which and period for which the members...
5The payment of allowances to, or to any class of,...
6The proceedings of the Authority and the Executive respectively.
7The establishment by the Authority and the Executive respectively of...
8The delegation of functions by the Authority or the Executive...
9The authentication of documents of the Authority and the Executive...
10The appointment by, or provision by the Executive for, the...
11Provision— (a) for treating the Authority or any subsidiary of...
12The provision of accommodation for the Authority by the Authority...
13Provision applying, with or without modifications, to the Authority or...
14The making of reports and the furnishing of information by...
15Any particular matters to be dealt with in the annual...
16Provision for the person or persons by whom a member...
17Provision, as respects any period before the Authority appoint or...
SCHEDULE 6Provisions as to Existing Operators and Services on Making of Order under S. 19(1)
Introductory
1The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect with respect...
Right to consent for continuance of existing service
2If an existing operator applies to the Executive within the...
3Subject to paragraph 8 of this Schedule, the Executive may...
4Notwithstanding anything in section 19(2) of this Act, an existing...
Variation of conditions
5The Executive— (a) shall not unreasonably refuse any application by...
Transfer of consent
6(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, while a...
Revocation of consent
7Subject to paragraph 8 of this Schedule, a consent granted...
Limitation on power to refuse or revoke consent
8The Executive shall not refuse a consent under paragraph 3...
Appeals
9(1) An existing operator who is aggrieved by—
Conditional right to revoke consent
10(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule,...
11(1) The amount of compensation payable in pursuance of a...
12The price payable for an operator's relevant business in pursuance...
13(1) The amount of any compensation in pursuance of a...
Nullification of consent
14An existing operator shall not be entitled to the grant...
Variation of route of existing service
15Where, in the case of any existing service in respect...
SCHEDULE 7Bodies whose Securities are Transferred to Bus Company
SCHEDULE 8New Bus Grants—Supplementary Provisions
1Any person who for the purpose of an application for...
2The Minister may by notice require any person who has...
3A notice under paragraph 2 of this Schedule may require...
4A notice under paragraph 2 of this Schedule may be...
5Any person who, in purported compliance with a notice under...
6Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with...
7Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with...
8Notwithstanding anything in section 104 of the Magistrates' Courts Act...
9Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under paragraph 7...
10For the purposes of paragraphs 8 and 9 of this...
11(1) Where an offence under this Schedule committed by a...
SCHEDULE 9Transport Managers' Licences
Classes of licences
1There shall be such classes of transport manager's licences as...
Issue of licences
2(1) An application for a transport manager's licence shall be...
Duration of licences
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, a transport...
Revocation and suspension
4(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, any licensing...
Rights of appeal
5A person who— (a) being an applicant for a transport...
Regulations
6(1) The Minister may make regulations for any purpose for...
Power to modify foregoing provisions
7(1) The Minister may by regulations modify the foregoing provisions...
SCHEDULE 10Amendments Consequential on Part V
PART I
PART IIAmendments as from Appointed Day for purposes of s. 94(8)
SCHEDULE 11Amendments Consequential on Part VI
SCHEDULE 12Commercial and Cruising Waterways
PART ICommercial Waterways
PART IICruising Waterways
SCHEDULE 13Orders Relating to Inland Waterways
Preliminary
1Before making ah order under section 104(3), 105(3) or 112...
Consultation
2(1) In the case of a proposed order under section...
3In the case of a proposed order under section 105(3)—...
4In the case of a proposed order under section 112...
Publication of proposed orders and consideration of objections
5(1) In the case of a proposed order under section...
Interpretation
6In this Schedule " cruising craft" has the meaning assigned...
SCHEDULE 14Amendments of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967
PART ISubsections to be Inserted in Section 1
PART IISection to be Inserted after Section 26
PART IIISection to be Inserted after Section 56
PART IVAmendments of Sections 35 to 40
1For section 35(1) there shall be substituted the following:—
2In section 35(2), for the words " the Minister "...
3In section 35(3), for the words " a local authority...
4In section 35(4), after the words " London borough" there...
5For section 35(5) to (7) there shall be substituted the...
6In section 36(1), for the words from the beginning to...
7In section 36(2), for the words from the beginning to...
8In section 36(2)(e), for the words " of the appropriate...
9In section 37(3)— (a) for the words from the beginning...
10In section 37(5), at the end there shall be added...
11In section 39(1), for the words "appropriate Minister considers "...
PART VSections to be Inserted after Section 84
PART VIConsequential Amendments
1In each of the following provisions, namely sections 1(1), 6(1),...
2In section 1(1), for the words "this and the four...
3In section 1(3), for the words " subsection (4)" there...
4After section 1(8) there shall be added the following subsection...
5In section 5(1), for the words from the beginning to...
6In section 5(3)— (a) for the words from the beginning...
7In section 7(2), for the words " the said section...
8In section 8(1)— (a) for the words from the beginning...
9In section 9(1), for the words " this section" there...
10For section 9(10) there shall be substituted the following:—
11In section 11(2), at the end there shall be added...
12In section 15(1), after the word "below" there shall be...
13In section 15(4)— (a) for the words from the beginning...
14In section 20, at the end there shall be added...
15In section 26(1), at the beginning there shall be inserted...
16For section 26(5) there shall be substituted the following:—
17In section 27, after the words " section 26 "...
18In section 33(1) at the beginning there shall be inserted...
19After section 33(1) there shall be inserted the following subsection...
20In section 33(5), for the words from the beginning to...
21In section 41(1), for the words " of Schedule 4...
22In section 42(8)— (a) after the words " a local...
23In each of sections 44(5), 52(5) and 85(2), for the...
24In section 45(1)— (a) for the words from the beginning...
25In section 52, at the end there shall be added...
26In section 53, at the end there shall be added...
27In section 67, after the sectional reference " 56 "...
28In section 82(3), after the sectional reference " 26(1)" there...
29In section 84(3), for the words from the beginning to...
30In section 87, for the sectional references " 25, 26...
31In section 94(1) after the sectional reference " 26(6) "...
32In Schedule 8, in paragraph 7, for the words from...
33In Schedule 8, at the end there shall be added...
SCHEDULE 15Channel Tunnel Planning Council
PART I
The Council
1The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession...
2The Council shall consist of not less than four nor...
3(1) Each member of the Council shall hold and vacate...
4(1) The Council— (a) shall pay to a person holding...
5The Council may act notwithstanding a vacancy amongst their members,...
6In the case of an equality of votes at a...
7Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule and to...
8(1) Subject to any directions given from time to time...
9The application of the seal of the Council shall be...
PART II
Borrowing powers and accounts of Council
10(1) The Council may borrow from the Minister, but not...
11The Council— (a) shall cause proper accounts and other records...
12(1) The accounts of the Council shall be audited by...
13So soon as the accounts of the Council have been...
SCHEDULE 16Supplementary or Consequential Provisions
1(1) The enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph...
2In the Regulation of Railways Act 1871, references to a...
3(1) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared...
4(1) The power to make bylaws conferred by subsection (1)...
5(1) This paragraph shall apply to the Freight Corporation and...
6Section 82 of the Act of 1962 (modification of enactments...
7(1) The references to be substituted— (a) as mentioned in...
8(1) In the Harbours Act 1964— (a) in section 30(1),...
9In the Building Control Act 1966, in the Schedule, for...
10In the Industrial Development Act 1966, in Schedule 2 (which...
11The persons entitled to deposit money in the savings bank...
12In the Industrial Expansion Act 1968, in Schedule 1 (which...
SCHEDULE 17Application to Northern Ireland
PART I
Provisions extending to Northern Ireland
PART II
Modifications
1In section 10(1)(xxix), the reference to Parliament shall include a...
2In section 12(6), for the reference to section 1 of...
3In section 135(4)(b), for the reference to a tribunal established...
4In section 137(3)(a) and (4), the references to the Secretary...
5In section 160, references to sections 12 and 112 of...
6In Schedule 4, in paragraph 2(4), the reference to the...
7In Schedule 4, in paragraph 3, for the reference to...
8An arbitrator for the purposes of paragraph 13(3) of Schedule...
9References to enactments or statutory provisions include references to enactments...
SCHEDULE 18Repeals
PART IRepeals in Transport Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2 c. 46)
PART IIRepeals in Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (1967 c. 76)
PART IIIMiscellaneous Repeals
PART IVRepeals as from Appointed Day for Purposes of Section 94(8)

Transport Act 1968

1968 Chapter 73

An Act to make further provision with respect to transport and related matters.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—