Transport Act 1980
1980 c. 34
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.
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.