Transport Act 1981

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Subsidiary Activities of British Railways Board

   1. 1. Railways Board's powers of disposal

   2. 2. The new harbours company

   3. 3. Power of Secretary of State to give directions

   4. 4. Provisions supplementary to ss. 1 to 3

3. Part II Reconstitution of British Transport Docks Board

   1. 5. Associated British Ports and its Holding Company

   2. 6. The financial structure

   3. 7. Constitution of Associated British Ports, etc

   4. 8. Powers of Associated British Ports

   5. 9. General duties of Associated British Ports

   6. 10. Provisions of the Companies Acts applying to Associated British Ports

   7. 11. Payments to Holding Company out of profits of Associated British Ports

   8. 12. Documents to be kept available for inspection, 13. Transfer of functions of Holding Company

   9. 14. Provisions supplementary to ss. 5 to 13

4. Part III Dissolution of National Ports Council and Amendment of the Harbours Act 1964

   1. 15. Dissolution of National Ports Council

   2. 16. Levy of contributions from harbour authorities

   3. 17. Charging schemes

   4. 18. Amendments of the Harbours Act 1964

5. Part IV Road Safety

   1. 19. Disqualification for repeated offences

   2. 20. Removal of disqualification

   3. 21. Offender escaping consequences of endorseable offence by deception

   4. 22. Seizure of licence required to be produced in court

   5. 23. Provisional licences and driving tests

   6. 24. Electrically assisted pedal cycles

   7. 25. New provisions as to offences relating to alcohol and drugs

   8. 26. Increase of penalty for failure to stop, etc

   9. 27. Compulsory wearing of seat belts

   10. 28. Restriction on carrying children in the front of motor vehicles

   11. 29. Persons entitled to drive when licence applied for

   12. 30. Interpretation of Part IV and consequential and minor amendments

   13. 31. Commencement of Part IV

6. Part V Miscellaneous and General

   1. Miscellaneous

      1. 32. Road humps

      2. 33. New basis of vehicle excise duty for goods vehicles

      3. 34. Interpretation of s. 33 and Schedule 11

      4. 35. Charges for licensing of cabs and cab drivers

      5. 36. Grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway

      6. 37. Railway etc. byelaws: increase in penalties

      7. 38. Fires caused by railway engines

      8. 39. Amendment of Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

   2. General

      1. 40. Repeals

      2. 41. Northern Ireland

      3. 42. Expenses

      4. 43. Short title

7. 1. Schedule 1

      Provisions supplementing ss. 1 to 3

   2. Schedule 2

      Further provisions with respect to the constitution and proceedings of Associated British Ports and related matters

   3. Schedule 3

      Powers of Associated British Ports

   4. Schedule 4

      Provisions supplementing ss. 5 to 13

   5. Schedule 5

      Provisions supplementing ss. 15 to 17

   6. Schedule 6

      Amendments of the Harbours Act 1964

   7. Schedule 7

      Penalty points

   8. Schedule 8

      Provisions substituted for ss. 6 to 12 of the Road Traffic Act 1972

   9. Schedule 9

      Consequential and minor amendments of Road Traffic Act 1972 and section 56 of Criminal Justice Act 1967

   10. Schedule 10

       Road humps

   11. Schedule 11

       Factors determining rates of vehicle excise duty in respect of goods vehicles

   12. Schedule 12

       Repeals