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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/section/83/enacted</dc:identifier><dc:title>Road Traffic Act 1972</dc:title><dc:subject>Road traffic offences</dc:subject><dc:subject>Vehicles</dc:subject><dc:subject>Road safety</dc:subject><dc:subject>Driving licences</dc:subject><dc:subject>Heavy goods vehicles</dc:subject><dc:contributor/><dc:creator/><dc:rights/><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2019-12-02</dc:modified>
					
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<Text>Any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of sections 43, 45, 47 to 50 or 57 shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>Subject to the consent of the Civil Service Department as to number, the Secretary of State may appoint such officers and servants as he considers necessary for the operation of the provisions of sections 56 to 58 of this Act.</Text>
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<Text>There shall be paid to goods vehicle examiners appointed for the purposes of the said sections 56 to 58 such remuneration or salaries and such allowances, if any, as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>In every year there shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament such sums as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, direct in respect of remuneration, salaries and allowances under subsection (3) above and the other expenses of examiners.</Text>
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<Text>Any sum received by the Secretary of State in pursuance of sections 43, 45, 47 to 50 or 63 of this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.</Text>
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