The Transport (London) Act 1969 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1969

Statutory Instruments

1969 No. 1510 (C. 41)

TRANSPORT

The Transport (London) Act 1969 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1969

Made

22nd October 1969

The Minister of Transport in exercise of his powers under section 47 of the Transport (London) Act 1969 and of all other enabling powers hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Transport (London) Act 1969 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1969.

2.  The provisions of the Transport (London) Act 1969 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the subject matter specified in the second column of that Schedule in relation to those provisions) shall come into force on the 30th October 1969, and the provisions of the Act specified in like manner in Schedule 2 to this Order and in the Appendix to that Schedule shall come into force on the 1st January 1970.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport the 22nd October 1969.

L.S.

Fred Mulley

Minister of Transport

SCHEDULE 1 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON THE 30TH OCTOBER 1969

Provisions of the Act	Subject matter
Section 1	General duty of Greater London Council with respect to transport.
Section 2	Transport plans for Greater London.
Section 3	Power of Council to make grants.
Section 4	London Transport Executive.
Section 5	General duties of Executive and other bodies with respect to passenger transport services for Greater London.
Section 6	General powers of Executive.
Section 7	Financial duty of Executive.
Section 8	Borrowing by and loans to Executive.
Section 9	Provisions as to insurance by Executive.
Section 10	Accounts of Executive.
Section 11	Additional provisions as to control of Executive by Council.
Section 12	Minister's power to prevent improper conduct of subsidiary activities.
Section 13	Machinery for negotiation and consultation with staff.
Section 14	Users' consultative body.
Section 15	Annual report by Executive.
Section 18	Pensions functions.
Section 20	Power of Council to direct preparation of proposals for transfers of functions, etc.
Section 21	Schemes for transfers between Executive and Railways Board or Bus Company.
Section 22	Orders by Minister for transfers between Executive and Railways Board or Bus Company.
Section 23(1) to (5) and (7).	Regulation of services by public service vehicles in and around London.
Section 25	Railway closures in and around Greater London.
Section 26	Grants on refusal of Minister's consent to closure by Executive.
Section 37	Compensation for loss of employment, etc.
Section 38	Payments on termination of appointment of members of London Board.
Section 39	Dissolution of London Board.
Section 40	Travel concessions.
Section 41 (in so far as it was not brought into force by the Transport (London) Act 1969 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1969(1)).	Approvals, consents and directions.
Section 42	Power to modify Act by order.
Section 44	Stamp duty.
Schedule 1	The London Transport Executive.
Schedule 2	Transfers under Section 16.
Schedule 4	Licences or consents for certain existing services by public service vehicles in and around London.

SCHEDULE 2 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON THE 1ST JANUARY 1970

Provisions of the Act	Subject matter
Section 16	Transfer of property etc. of London Board.
Section 17	Disposal of London Board's statutory functions.
Section 23(6)	Functions of traffic commissioners in connection with Greater London.
Section 24	Functions of traffic commissioners in Metropolitan Traffic Area.
Section 31	Powers of Council where obstruction of highway is greater or longer than necessary.
Section 33	Expenditure on arrangements for patrolling school crossings.
Section 34	Traffic signs.
Section 35	Operation of parking places on highways where charges are made.
Section 36	Control of off-street parking.
Section 47(2) (so far as it relates to those provisions of Schedule 6 to the Act specified in the Appendix to this Schedule).	Repeals.
Schedule 3	Disposal of certain statutory functions of London Board.
Schedule 5	Control of off-street parking.

APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 2 REPEALS TAKING EFFECT ON THE 1ST JANUARY 1970

In Schedule 6, the following repeals:—

Chapter	Short title	Extent of Repeal
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 14.	The London Passenger Transport Act 1933.	Sections 16, 17 25 and 26. In section 107(1), the definition of “Special Area”. Parts II to IV of Schedule 7.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xcii.	The London Passenger Transport Act 1938.	Section 66.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 33.	The Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953.	Section 12(3).
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 20.	The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957.	In Part II of Schedule 1, and in the Part substituted therefor by Schedule 3, the entry “The London Transport Board”.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 16.	The Road Traffic Act 1960.	In section 120, in subsection (1), the words “other than the Metropolitan Traffic Area”, subsection (2), and in subsection (4) the words from “and references” onwards. In section 121(1), the words “other than the Metropolitan Traffic Area” Section 122. In section 123(2), the words “the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area”, the word “other”, the words “the said commissioner or” in the first place where they occur, and the words “said commissioner or” in the second place where they occur. In section 123(3), the words “traffic commissioner or” wherever they occur, and the words “traffic commissioner's or”. In section 125(1), the words “to the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area” and the word “other”. In section 125(2), the words “or to the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area”. In section 126, the words from “(other than the Metropolitan Traffic Area)” onwards. In section 135(2), the words from “except” to “Area” where next occurring. In section 135(7), the words from “except” to “Area” where next occurring. In section 136(2), the words from “except” to “Area” where next occurring. Sections 141, 142, 153(5), 161(2) and 165(3). In section 193(1), the words from “or is” to “so constituted” and the words “or commissioner”. In section 252(1), the words from “and references” onwards. In section 252(2), the words from the beginning to “special area”. So much of Schedule 17 as amends section 16 or 17 of the London Passenger Transport Act 1933.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 46.	The Transport Act 1962.	In section 1(1), the word “four” and the words from “the London Transport” to “London Board”. Sections 1(4), 3(2), 7 and 8. In section 13(3) the words from “or section” onwards. Sections 19(3)(ii), 58 and 59. In section 85(1) the words from “Before” where first occurring onwards. In section 92(1) the definitions of “the London Passenger Transport Area” and “the London Special Area”. In Schedule 2, so much of Part I as relates to section 141 or 142 of the Road Traffic Act 1960.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 59.	The Road Traffic Act 1962.	In Schedule 4, so much of Part I as relates to section 135, 136 or 142 of the Road Traffic Act 1960.
1963 c. 33.	The London Government Act 1963.	In section 14(6)(d), the words “and 141(2) to (6)”, the word “respectively”, and the words from “and to” to “area”. In Part I of Schedule 5, paragraph 26. In Schedule 17, paragraphs 7 and 26(c).
1966 c. 17.	The Transport Finances Act 1966.	Section 1(3).
1966 c. 27.	The Building Control Act 1966.	In the Schedule, the entry “The London Transport Board”.
1966 c. 32.	The Selective Employment Payments Act 1966.	In Part I of Schedule 1, paragraph 10. In Part III of Schedule 1, the entry beginning “The London”.
1966 c. 34.	The Industrial Development Act 1966.	In Schedule 2, the entry “The London Transport Board”.
1967 c. 76.	The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967.	Section 6(8)(b). In section 6(12), the words “the London special area and”. Section 9(8)(b). Section 56(2).
1967 c. xxxvii.	The Dartford Tunnel Act 1967.	In section 71, in subsection (1) the words from the beginning to “1960” and the proviso, and in subsection (3)(a) the proviso.
1968 c. 32.	The Industrial Expansion Act 1968.	In Schedule 1, the entry “The London Transport Board”.
1968 c. 73.	The Transport Act 1968.	Sections 24(3)(a), 33(2) and 41(6). In section 54(5)(d), the words “as the case may be the London Board and”. Section 59(4). In section 138(3), the words “or the London Board”. In section 145(2), the words “the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area or”, the word “other”, and the words “any of”. In section 159(1), in the definition of “the Boards”, the words “the London Transport Board”, and the definition of “the London Board”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation on either the 30th October 1969 or the 1st January 1970 all the provisions of the Transport (London) Act 1969 which were not brought into operation by the Transport (London) Act 1969 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1969, with the exception of section 19(1) to (7) (which relates to the transfer or extinguishment of the London Transport Board's debt to the Minister), sections 29 and 30 (which relate to metropolitan roads), section 32 (which relates to pedestrian crossings), and consequential repeals.

The Order specifies which provisions are to come into operation on the 30th October 1969 and which on the 1st January 1970, the latter date being the “vesting date” referred to in the Act.

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(1969 II, p. 3351).