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| Chapter or Number | Short Title | Extent of Repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 c. 73. | Transport Act 1968. | In Schedule 11, the entry for section 244 of the Road Traffic Act 1960. |
| 1972 c. 20. | Road Traffic Act 1972. | The whole Act. |
| 1972 c. 27. | Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972. | Section 1(6)(a)(ii). |
| In Schedule 2, the entry relating to sections 68 to 73 and 76 to 79 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 and regulations made under those sections. | ||
| 1972 c. 70. | Local Government Act 1972. | In section 186(1), the words from the beginning to first “and”. |
| Schedule 19. | ||
| 1973 c. 44. | Heavy Commercial Vehicles (Controls and Regulations) Act 1973. | The whole Act. |
| 1973 c. 62. | Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973. | In Schedule 5, paragraph 43. |
| 1973 c. 65. | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. | In Schedule 14, paragraphs 82 to 86. |
| 1974 c. 50. | Road Traffic Act 1974. | Sections 6 to 15. |
| Sections 20 to 22. | ||
| Schedule 2. | ||
| Schedule 3. | ||
| Schedule 5. | ||
| In Schedule 6, paragraphs 12 to 24. | ||
| 1975 c. 21. | Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975. | In Schedule 7D, the entries relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. |
| 1975 c. 46. | International Road Haulage Permits Act 1975. | In section 3, subsections (2) to (5). |
| 1976 c. 3. | Road Traffic (Drivers’ Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976. | Section 1. |
| Section 4(2)(b). | ||
| Schedules 1 and 2. | ||
| 1976 c. 57. | Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. | In section 80(1), the definition of “the Act of 1972”. |
| 1976 c. 62. | Motor-Cycle Crash Helmets (Religious Exemption) Act 1976. | The whole Act. |
| 1977 c. 45. | Criminal Law Act 1977. | Section 50. |
| In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| In Schedule 5, paragraph 2. | ||
| In Schedule 6, the entry relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| In Schedule 12, the amendments of the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| 1977 c. 49. | National Health Service Act 1977. | In Schedule 15, paragraph 56. |
| 1978 c. 55. | Transport Act 1978. | In section 9, in subsection (1) the words from the beginning to third “and” and subsection (2). |
| In section 24(2), the definition of “the 1972 Act”. | ||
| In Schedule 3, Part A. | ||
| 1980 c. 34. | Transport Act 1980. | Section 37(4). |
| Section 61. | ||
| Section 63. | ||
| 1980 c. 43. | Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. | In Schedule 7, paragraphs 111 and 112. |
| 1980 c. 53. | Health Services Act 1980. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 21. |
| 1980 c. 62. | Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980. | Section 7(2). |
| Section 26(8). | ||
| Section 55. | ||
| In Schedule 7, paragraph 23. | ||
| 1980 c. 66. | Highways Act 1980. | In Schedule 24, paragraph 21. |
| 1981 c. 14. | Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981. | In Schedule 7, paragraphs 12 to 15. |
| 1981 c. 31. | Insurance Companies Act 1981. | In Schedule 4, paragraph 22. |
| 1981 c. 45. | Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. | In section 12, the words “section 169(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1972”. |
| 1981 c. 56. | Transport Act 1981. | Part IV. |
| Schedules 7 and 8. | ||
| In Schedule 9, Part I. | ||
| 1982 c. 48. | Criminal Justice Act 1982. | In section 39, subsection (1)(b)(i). |
| In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| In Schedule 3, the entries relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| In Schedule 6, the entries relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| In Schedule 15, paragraph 16. | ||
| 1982 c. 49. | Transport Act 1982. | Section 16. |
| In section 17, subsection (3) and, in subsection (4), the words from “and in subsection (4)(a) of that section” to the end. | ||
| In section 24, the last column of the entries made by subsection (3)(b). | ||
| Part III. | ||
| Sections 56 to 60. | ||
| Sections 63 and 64. | ||
| Section 73(3). | ||
| Schedules 1, 2 and 3. | ||
| In Schedule 5, paragraphs 7 to 16, 17(1), 25 and 26. | ||
| 1982 c. 50. | Insurance Companies Act 1982. | In Schedule 5, paragraph 12. |
| 1983 c. 43. | Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act 1983. | Section 1. |
| In section 2, subsections (1) and (2). | ||
| 1984 c. 13. | Road Traffic (Driving Instruction) Act 1984. | The whole Act. |
| 1984 c. 27. | Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. | Section 35(8). |
| Section 47(7). | ||
| In section 52(2), the words “and subsection (7)”. | ||
| Section 53(7). | ||
| Section 78. | ||
| Section 90. | ||
| Section 98. | ||
| Sections 113 and 114. | ||
| Section 118. | ||
| Sections 120 and 121. | ||
| Section 130(2)(c), (4) and (5). | ||
| In section 145(2), the words “Section 90 and”. | ||
| Schedule 7. | ||
| In Schedule 10, paragraph 12. | ||
| In Schedule 13, paragraphs 13 to 28, 50, 51 and 54 to 56. | ||
| 1984 c. 32. | London Regional Transport Act 1984. | In Schedule 6, paragraph 10. |
| 1984 c. 38. | Cycle Tracks Act 1984. | Section 2. |
| 1984 c. 54. | Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. | In Schedule 9, paragraphs 68, 88(2) and 93(39). |
| 1984 c. 60. | Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. | In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. |
| In Schedule 5, in Part II the entry relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. | ||
| 1985 c. 28. | Motor-Cycle Crash-Helmets (Restriction of Liability) Act 1985. | The whole Act. |
| 1985 c. 34. | Road Traffic (Production of Documents) Act 1985. | The whole Act. |
| 1985 c. 51. | Local Government Act 1985. | In Schedule 5, paragraphs 2 and 4(21). |
| In Schedule 14, paragraph 49. | ||
| 1985 c. 66. | Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985. | In Schedule 7, paragraph 10. |
| 1985 c. 67. | Transport Act 1985. | In Schedule 2, in Part II paragraph 3. |
| 1985 c. 73. | Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1985. | Section 38. |
| In Schedule 2, paragraphs 26 and 27. | ||
| In Schedule 3, paragraph 2. | ||
| 1986 c. 45. | Insolvency Act 1986. | In Schedule 14, the entry relating to the Road Traffic Act 1972. |
| 1987 c. 41. | Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 3. |
| 1988 c. 23. | Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Rear Seat Belts by Children) Act 1988. | Section 1. |
| Section 3(2) and (3). | ||
| 1988 c. 33. | Criminal Justice Act 1988. | Section 37(2). |
| Section 63. | ||
| Section 68. | ||
| In Schedule 15, paragraphs 92 to 94. |
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