Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
2nd July 1996
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76 of the Transport Act 1982(1), hereby makes the following Order:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, the appointed day is 1st August 1996.
2. Subject to article 3 below, section 18 of the Transport Act 1982(2) shall come into force on the appointed day.
3. During the period beginning with the appointed day and ending immediately before the day on which section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 comes into force, section 63A(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(3) shall have effect with the omission of the words “or by the prescribed testing authority”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Steven Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
2nd July 1996
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st August 1996 section 18 of the Transport Act 1982. Section 18 inserts a new section 63A into the Road Traffic Act 1988 which makes provision for the alteration of plated weights for goods vehicles without examination.
Transitional modifications are made to section 63A of the 1988 Act.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Transport Act 1982 have been brought into force by Commencement Orders before the date of this Order.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Part I | 20.12.82 | 1982/1804 |
| Section 16 | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Part III (except section 39) (England and Wales only) | 1.10.86 | 1986/1326 |
| Section 27(2) and (4) (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 27(5) to (9) (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 29(1), (6)(a) and (b) and (7) (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 29(2) to (5) (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 31 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 32 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 33(1), (2) and (4) (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 33(3), (5) and (6) (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 34(6) to (10) (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 36 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 37 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 38 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Sections 42 and 43 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 44 so far as it relates to section 42 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 45 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 46 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 47(6) and (7) (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Sections 48, 49(1) and 50 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 49(2) to (13) (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 51 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Section 52 | 1.6.84 | 1984/175 |
| Section 57 | 11.4.83 | 1983/276 |
| Section 58 | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Section 59 | 6.5.83 | 1983/577 |
| Sections 60 and 61 | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Section 63 | 11.4.83 | 1983/276 |
| Section 64 | 20.12.82 | 1982/1804 |
| Section 65 | 11.4.83 | 1983/276 |
| Section 67 | 20.12.82 | 1982/1804 |
| Sections 68 and 70 | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Section 71 | 20.12.82 | 1982/1804 |
| Section 72 (partially) | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Section 73 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 73 (England and Wales only) | 1.10.86 | 1986/1326 |
| Section 75 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 75 (England and Wales only) | 1.10.86 | 1986/1326 |
| Section 76 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Section 76 (England and Wales only) | 1.10.86 | 1986/1326 |
| Schedule 1 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Schedule 1 (England and Wales only) | 1.10.86 | 1986/1326 |
| Schedule 2 (Scotland only) | 30.6.83 | 1983/650 |
| Schedule 3 (England and Wales only) | 1.10.86 | 1986/1326 |
| Schedule 3 (Scotland only) | 1.12.86 | 1986/1874 |
| Schedule 4 | 1.6.84 | 1984/175 |
| Schedule 5, paragraph 6 | 1.6.84 | 1984/175 |
| Schedule 5, paragraph 10(b) | 1.4.83 | 1983/276 |
| Schedule 5, paragraph 13 | 6.5.83 | 1983/577 |
| Schedule 5, paragraphs 25 and 26 | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Schedule 6, insofar as it relates to section 72(2) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 | 1.11.82 | 1982/1561 |
| Schedule 6, insofar as it relates to the Transport Act 1968 | 1.6.84 | 1984/175 |
1982 c. 49. Section 76 was amended by Schedule 14 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27).
Section 18 was amended by paragraphs 2 and 7 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54).
1988 c. 52; section 63A is inserted by section 18 of the Transport Act 1982.