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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.Sch. 3 para. 31(4) by 2000 c. 38 s. 274 Sch. 31 Pt. 4Sch. 4 para. 1(3) by 2000 c. 38 s. 274 Sch. 31 Pt. 4 F1Part IE+W+S+N.I.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Pt. I (ss. 1-4) repealed (31.3.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 152(3), Sch.14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 4.F21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2Pt. I (ss. 1-4) repealed (31.3.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 152(3), Sch.14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 4.F32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F3Pt. I (ss. 1-4) repealed (31.3.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 152(3), Sch.14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 4.F43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F4Pt. I (ss. 1-4) repealed (31.3.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 152(3) Sch.14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 4.F54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F5Pt. I (ss. 1-4) repealed (31.3.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 152(3), Sch.14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 4.Part IIE+W+S+N.I. Reconstitution of British Transport Docks Board5 Associated British Ports and its Holding Company.E+W+S+N.I.(1)As from the appointed day, the British Transport Docks Board shall be known as Associated British Ports and the following provisions of this Part have effect with respect to the constitution, powers and duties of that body.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C3S. 9 restricted (30.12.2002) by S.I. 2002/3269, art. 8(d)C4S. 9(1) excluded (30.12.2002) by S.I. 2002/3269, art. 8(d)10 Provisions of the Companies Acts applying to Associated British Ports.E+W+S+N.I.(1)The provisions of [F6The Companies Acts] mentioned in subsection (2) apply to Associated British Ports, subject to the adaptations specified in subsection (3), as if Associated British Ports were a public company registered in England and Wales under [F7the Companies Act 2006] and as if the directors of Associated British Ports were the directors of such a company; and the supplementary provisions of those Acts relating to the interpretation, operation and enforcement of those provisions apply accordingly.
[F8(2)The provisions of the Companies Acts referred to in subsection (1) are the following—
Subject matterProvisions applied1.Financial assistance for purchase of shares, &c.Chapter 2 of Part 18 of the Companies Act 2006.2.Registration of charges.Chapter 1 of Part 25 of that Act.3.Accounts and reports.Part 15 of that Act.4.Audit.Part 16 of that Act.5.Disclosure by directors of interests in contracts, &c.Chapter 3 of Part 10 of that Act.6.Power of Court to give relief in certain cases.Section 1157 of that Act.7.Restrictions on distributions.Part 23 of that Act.](3)The provisions mentioned in subsection (2) apply to Associated British Ports with the following adaptations—
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(2)For the purpose of [F9sections 830 and 831 of the Companies Act 2006] (restrictions on distributions) such payments by Associated British Ports are distributions.
(3)For the purpose of [F10section 831 of the Companies Act 2006] (restriction on extent to which distributions may reduce a company’s net assets) the undistributable reserves of Associated British Ports include—
(4)In [F11section 416(3) of the Companies Act 2006] (directors’ report) as it applies to Associated British Ports the reference to the amount recommended by the directors to be paid by way of dividend shall be construed as a reference to the amount proposed by them to be paid to the Holding Company under subsection (1).
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F9Words in s. 11(2) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 52(a) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)F10Words in s. 11(3) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 52(b) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)F11Words in s. 11(4) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 52(c) (with arts. 6, 11, 12)12 Documents to be kept available for inspection.E+W+S+N.I.(1)Associated British Ports shall keep at its principal office—
(a)a copy of any rules for the time being prescribed by the Holding Company under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 with respect to the proceedings of the directors of Associated British Ports;
(b)a statement of the limit for the time being set by the Holding Company under paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 3 on the aggregate amount of borrowing and guarantees by Associated British Ports and its subsidiaries; and
(c)a statement of any restrictions for the time being imposed by the Holding Company under paragraph 22 of that Schedule on the financial arrangements which may be entered into by Associated British Ports and its subsidiaries;
and those documents shall, during normal business hours, be made available for inspection by any person on request.
(2)It is an offence for Associated British Ports to fail to comply with a request under subsection (1).
(3)An offence under subsection (2) is punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding [F12level 3 on the standard scale].
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(6)In this section “company” means a company limited by shares which is formed and registered under [F13the Companies Act 2006]; and for the purposes of this section a company is controlled by another company if, and only if, all the issued voting shares in the company are held by that other company or by a company controlled by that other company.
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(2)The other provisions of this Part have effect subject to the transitional provisions and savings contained in Part II of that Schedule.
“the appointed day” has the meaning given by section 5(4);
“enactment” means any provision of a public general Act, of a local, private or personal Act, of a provisional order confirmed by an Act or any regulations, order, scheme, byelaws or similar instrument made under an Act;
“harbour” has the same meaning as in the M4Harbours Act 1964;
“the Holding Company”, subject to section 13(1), means the company designated by the Secretary of State under section 5(3);
“port facilities” means—
(a)the constructing, improving, maintaining, regulating, managing, marking or lighting of a harbour or any part thereof;
(b)the berthing, towing, moving or dry-docking of a ship which is in, or is about to enter, or has recently left, a harbour;
(c)the loading or unloading of goods, or embarking or disembarking of passengers, in or from any such ship;
(d)the lighterage or the sorting, weighing, warehousing or handling of goods in a harbour; and
(e)the movement of goods within a harbour;
“securities”, in relation to a body corporate, includes debentures, debenture stock, bonds and other securities of the body corporate, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of that body;
“subsidiary” means a subsidiary as defined in [F14section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006];
“wholly-owned subsidiary” means a subsidiary all the issued shares of which are beneficially owned by the body of which it is a subsidiary, or by one or more other wholly-owned subsidiaries of that body, or partly by that body and partly by any wholly-owned subsidiary of that body.
(4)References in this Part to Associated British Ports’ business or undertaking include any business or undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of Associated British Ports.
(5)References in this Part to Associated British Ports’ harbours include any harbour for the time being owned or managed by Associated British Ports or by any of its subsidiaries.
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(5)In F16... Part I of Schedule 5—
“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Secretary of State under subsection (1);
“the Council” means the National Ports Council;
“enactment” means any provision of a public general Act, of a local, private or personal Act, of a provisional order confirmed by an Act or any regulations, order, scheme, byelaws or similar instrument made under an Act.
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(2)The expenses referred to in subsection (1) are—
(c)expenses incurred by him under paragraph F19... 8(4)(b) or 9(5) of Schedule 5.
(4)Sums received by the Secretary of State by virtue of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(5)In this section and section 17 “harbour authority” means a person engaged (whether or not in the exercise of statutory functions) in improving, maintaining or managing a harbour within the meaning of the M5Harbours Act 1964.
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(2)A charging scheme shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(3)A charging scheme may apply to all harbour authorities, subject to subsection (4), to harbour authorities of a particular class or to particular harbour authorities, and may make provision for levying different contributions from different harbour authorities to whom it applies.
(4)No contribution shall be levied from a harbour authority under a charging scheme if the only harbour being improved, maintained or managed by them is a fishery harbour or marine work within the meaning of the M6Harbours Act 1964.
(5)The provisions of Part II of Schedule 5 have effect with respect to charging schemes.
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(2)With the exception of paragraph 10, the provisions of Schedule 6 come into force on the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 15(1).
(3)Paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
(4)So far as may be necessary for the purposes of any amendment by this Act of the Harbours Act 1964, references in that Act to the Minister shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C6Power of appointment conferred by s. 18(3) fully exercised: 2.8.1983 appointed by S.I. 1983/930, art. 2Part IVE+W+S19—31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21E+W+SAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F21Pt. IV (ss. 19–31) repealed by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4 paras. 1–3Part VE+W+S+N.I. Miscellaneous and General MiscellaneousE+W+S+N.I.[F2232 Road humps.E+W+S(1)The provisions of Schedule 10 have effect with respect to road humps.
(2)This section and Schedule 10 come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.]
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(3)Where section 70 of the M7Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (fees for vehicle and operator’s licences) is not in force in the area of a district council, the sums to be paid for a licence granted by the council under section 37 of the M8Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (licensing of cabs outside London) shall be such as the council may determine, and different sums may be so determined with respect to different descriptions of vehicle ; and the sums so determined shall be such as appear to the council to be sufficient in the aggregate to cover in whole or in part—
(a)the reasonable cost of the carrying out by or on behalf of the district council of inspections of hackney carriages for the purpose of determining whether any such licence should be granted or renewed ;
(b)the reasonable cost of providing hackney carriage stands ; and
(c)any reasonable adminstrative or other costs in connection with the foregoing and with the control and supervision of hackney carriages.
[F25(3A)In subsection (3) above, references to a district council shall be read, in relation to Wales, as references to a county council or a county borough council]
(5)This section comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument, appoint, and different days be so appointed for different purposes.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F24S. 35(1)(2) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 423, Sch. 34 Pt. V (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c). Sch. Pt. 3F25S. 35(3A) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(1), Sch. 7 para. 37 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C8Power of appointment conferred by s. 35(5) fully exercised: S.I. 1981/1331, 1982/310Marginal CitationsM71976 c. 57. M81847 c. 89. F2636. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+SAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F26S. 36 repealed (15.7.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 140(8), 152(3), Sch.14; S.I. 1994/1648, art. 2 (with saving in art. 3(2))37 Railway etc. byelaws: increase in penalties. E+W+SIn section 67 of the M9Transport Act 1962 (byelaws for railways and railway shipping services) for subsection (3) there is substituted the following subsection—
“(3)Any byelaws made under this section may provide—
(a)in the case of byelaws made by virtue of subsection (1) above, that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding £200 for each offence; and
(b)in the case of byelaws made by virtue of subsection (2) above, that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 for each offence and, in the case of such a contravention which continues after conviction, to a fine not exceeding £10 for each day on which the offence so continues.”.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C9The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991Marginal CitationsM91962 c. 46. 38 Fires caused by railway engines. E+W+S+N.I.(1)In section 1 of the M10Railway Fires Act 1905 (liability of railway companies to make good damage to crops caused by their engines), in subsection (3) for the words “two hundred pounds there is substituted “ £3,000 or such greater sum as may for the time being be prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State ” ; and after that subsection there is inserted the following—
“(3A)An order under subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(3B)In the application of subsection (3) above to Northern Ireland for the reference to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland and any order made by the Department under that subsection—
(a)shall be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; and
(b)shall be subject to negative resolution as defined by section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if it were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.”
(2)In section 2 of the M11Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923 the words “not exceeding the sum of two hundred pounds are hereby repealed.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C10The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991Marginal CitationsM101905 c. 11. M111923 c. 27 39 Amendment of Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passengers Vehicles Act 1981. E+W+SIn the M12Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981—
(a)in Schedule 7 (consequential amendments), paragraph 24 is omitted;
(b)in Schedule 8 (repeals)—
(i)in the entry relating to the M13Transport Act 1968 the words “in section 145, subsection (2) are omitted, and
(ii)in the entry relating to the M14Transport Act 1980 after the words “In Schedule 5, Part I there are inserted the words “ (except paragraph 13) ” and for the words “the Minibus Act 1977 and the Transport Act 1978 there are substituted the words “ and the Minibus Act 1977 and paragraphs 2 to 4 of the entry relating to the Transport Act 1978. ”.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C11The text of ss. 3(5), 35(1)(2), 37, 38, 39, Sch. 4 paras. 1(3), 6, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 10(1)(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 25, Sch. 12 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991Marginal CitationsM121981 c. 14. M131968 c. 73. M141980 c. 34. GeneralE+W+S+N.I.40 Repeals.E+W+S+N.I.(1)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 12 are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(2)Part I of that Schedule has effect as from the day appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 5.
(3)Part II of that Schedule has effect as from the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 15(1), except for the repeal of the entry for the National Ports Council in Part II of Schedule 1 to the M15House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 which comes into force on the Council ceasing to exist.
(4)Part III of that Schedule so far as relates to—
(a)the M16Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923; and
(b)the M17Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981,
comes into force on the passing of this Act and otherwise comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C12Power of appointment conferred by s. 40(4) partly exercised by S.I. 1981/1331, 1617, 1982/300, 310, 866, 1341, 1451, 1803, 1983/576, 930, 1089, 1988/1037, 1170Marginal CitationsM151975 c. 24. M161923 c. 27. M171981 c. 14. 41 Northern Ireland.E+W+S+N.I.(1)The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland—
(b)Part II, except—
(i)in Schedule 3, paragraphs 7 and 19;
(ii)in Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 5 to 9 and 15;
(c)Section 38;
(d)Part I of Schedule 12, and section 40 so far as relates to that Part;
(e)the repeal by Part II of Schedule 12 of the entry for the National Ports Council in Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, and section 40 so far as it relates to that repeal ;
(f)Part III of Schedule 12 and section 40 so far as relating to the M18Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act 1923;
(g)this section and sections 42 and 43.
(2)The other provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland.
(3)An Order in Council made under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the M19Northern Ireland Act 1974 which contains a statement that its purposes correspond to those of sections 27 and 28 of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament instead of the order or a draft of the order being subject to the procedure set out in paragraph 1(4) or (5) of that Schedule.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM181923 c. 27. M191974 c. 28. 42 Expenses.E+W+S+N.I.Expenses incurred by any government department in consequence of the provisions of this Act shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.
43 Short title.E+W+S+N.I.This Act may be cited as the Transport Act 1981.
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