Made | 9th April 2002 |
Provisions coming into force on 1st May 2002
2.
- (1) The provisions of the 2000 Act set out in Part 1 of the Schedule hereto shall come into force on 1st May 2002 as respects England.
(2) The provisions of the 2000 Act set out in Part 2 of the Schedule hereto shall come into force on 1st May 2002.
Transitional provisions: penalties for unreliable bus services, etc
3.
- (1) Where, following an inquiry under section 54[4] of the 1981 Act (inquiries held by traffic commissioners), a traffic commissioner makes a determination after 30th April 2002 in respect of relevant breaches occurring wholly before 1st May 2002, section 111 of the 1985 Act[5] shall continue to apply (and section 155 of the 2000 Act shall not apply) but as if in subsection (2) for "the day on which the determination under subsection (1) above is made" there were substituted "30th April 2002".
(2) Where, following an inquiry under section 54 of the 1981 Act, a traffic commissioner makes a decision after 30th April 2002 to impose a penalty under section 155 of the 2000 Act in respect of relevant breaches occurring both before 1st May 2002 and on or after that date, the penalty shall not exceed the maximum amount which would have been due from the operator under section 111 of the 1985 Act if the decision in respect of that inquiry had been made on 30th April 2002.
(3) In this article, a reference to a relevant breach is a reference to an operator of a local service, without reasonable excuse -
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Sally Keeble
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
9th April 2002
The Order contains transitional provisions which preserve the power of the traffic commissioners to impose penalties under section 111 of the Transport Act 1985 where breaches of the relevant legislation have occurred before 1st May 2002 (prohibiting them from imposing penalties under section 155) and limit the power of the traffic commissioners to impose penalties under section 155 to the amount which could have been imposed under section 111 of the 1985 Act at 30th April 2002 if the penalty relates to breaches occurring partly before and partly on or after 1st May 2002.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No |
Sections 1 and 2 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 3 | 1st May 2001 | 2001/1498 |
Sections 4 to 35 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 36 and 37 | 1st April 2001 | 2001/869 |
Sections 38 to 96 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 97 | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
1st April 2001 (remainder) | 2001/869 | |
Sections 98 to 107 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 108 to 113 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 114 to 118 (as respects England) | 26th October 2001 | 2001/3342 |
Section 119 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 120 and 134 (as respects England) | 26th October 2001 | 2001/3342 |
Sections 108 and 123 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 124 to 132 (in part) (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 133 and 134 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 135 to 143 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 144 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
1st April 2002 (remainder) | 2002/658 | |
Sections 135 to 144 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 145 (as respects England) | 1st January 2001 (part), 1st February 2001 (part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder) | 2000/3229 |
Section 145 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 (part) and 1st April 2002 (remainder) | 2001/2788 |
Section 146 (as respects England) | 1st January 2001 (part), 1st February 2001 (part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder) | 2000/3229 |
Sections 147 and 148 (as respects England) | 1st June 2001 | 2000/3229 |
Section 149 (as respects England) | 1st January 2001 (part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder) | 2000/3229 |
Section 150 (as respects England) | 1st January 2001 | 2000/3229 |
Sections 146 to 150 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Section 151 (as respects England) | 1st April 2001 | 2000/3229 |
Section 152 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 152 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Section 153 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
26th October 2001 (remainder) | 2001/3342 | |
Section 153 (in part) (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Section 154(1) to (5) (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 154(1) to (5) (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 155 to 160 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 156 to 160 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 161 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
20th February 2001 (part) | 2001/242 | |
26th October 2001 (part) | 2001/3342 | |
Section 161 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 (part) and 1st April 2002 (remainder) | 2001/2788 |
Section 162 (as respects England) | 1st January 2001 (part), 1st February 2001 (part) and 1st June 2001 (remainder) | 2000/3229 |
Section 162 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 163 to 200 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 163 to 165 (in part) (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 167 to 180 (in part) (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 182 to 190 (in part) (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 192 to 198 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Section 200 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Sections 201 to 210 | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
Section 211 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 212 to 215 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57[6] |
Section 216 | 30th January 2001 (part) and 1st February 2001 (remainder) | 2001/57 |
Section 217 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 218 | 30th January 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 219 to 221 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 222 | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
Sections 224 to 227 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 229 and 230 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 232 to 240 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 241 | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
Sections 242 to 247 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 249 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 250 | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
Section 251 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 252 | 15th January 2001 (part) and 1st February 2001 (remainder) | 2000/3376 2001/57 |
Section 254 | 30th January 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 255 and 256 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 258 and 259 | 1st April 2002 | 2002/658 |
Section 260 (in part) | 1st April 2002 | 2002/658 |
Sections 261 and 262 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 264 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 265 | 1st July 2001 | 2001/1498 |
Section 266 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 267 | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
1st April 2002 (remainder) | 2002/658 | |
Section 268 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 270 | 30th January 2001 | 2001/57 |
Sections 271 to 273 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Section 274 (in part) | 15th January 2001, 1st February 2001, 1st April 2001, 26th October 2001 and 1st April 2002 | 2000/3376, 2001/57, 2001/869, 2001/3342 and 2002/658[7] |
Schedules 1 to 3 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedules 4 and 5 | 1st April 2001 | 2001/869 |
Schedules 6 and 7 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 8 | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
1st April 2001 (remainder) | 2001/869 | |
Schedule 9 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 10 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 (part) | 42001/57 |
26th October 2001 (remainder) | 2001/3342 | |
Schedule 10 (as respects Wales), except for paragraph 1(1)(a) and (2)(a) and the words "a quality partnership scheme or" in paragraph 12(2) | 1st August 2001 | 2001/2788 |
Schedule 11 (as respects England) | 1st February 2001 (part) | 2001/57 |
1st April 2001 (part) and 1st June 2001 (part) | 2000/3229 | |
20th February 2001 (part) | 2001/242 | |
26th October 2001 (part) | 2001/3342 | |
Schedule 11 (as respects Wales) | 1st August 2001 (part) and 1st April 2002 (remainder) | 2001/2788 |
Schedule 14 | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
Schedule 15 | 30th January 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 16 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 17 | 30th January 2001 (Part III) and 1st February 2001 (remainder) | 2001/57 |
Schedule 18 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 19 | 30th January 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedules 20 to 23 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 25 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 26 | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
Schedule 27, apart from paragraph 16 | 15th January 2001 (paragraph 50) | 2000/3376 |
1st February 2001 (remainder) | 2001/57 | |
Schedule 29 (in part) | 1st April 2002 | 2002/658 |
Schedule 30 | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 31 (Part I) | 1st April 2001 | 2001/869 |
Schedule 31 (Part II) (in part) (as respects England) | 1st February 2001, 1st April 2001, 1st June 2001 and 26th October 2001 | 2000/3229, 2001/57 and 2001/3342 |
Schedule 31 (Part III) | 1st February 2001 | 2001/57 |
Schedule 31 (Part IV) (in part) | 15th January 2001 | 2000/3376 |
1st February 2001 | 2001/57 | |
Schedule 31 (Part V) (in part) | 1st April 2002 | 2002/658 |
[4] Section 54 was substituted by the 1985 Act, section 4.back
[5] Section 111 was amended by the 2000 Act, section 158 and Schedule 11, paragraph 22.back
[6] S.I. 2001/57 was amended by S.I. 2001/115 (C. 5) as respects the entries for sections 212 to 215, 232 to 240, 255, 256, 261, 262, 264, 266 and 268 and Schedules 16, 25 and 30.back
[7] S.I. 2002/658 was amended by S.I. 2002/846 (c. 23) as respects the entry for section 274.back