Transport Act 1962 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Transport Act 1962

This provision sets up transport boards, gives them operating powers, and imposes duties, limits, and ministerial oversight for railways, waterways, land development, borrowing, accounts, and related matters.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
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Language
en
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About this statute

This provision sets up transport boards, gives them operating powers, and imposes duties, limits, and ministerial oversight for railways, waterways, land development, borrowing, accounts, and related matters. This provision requires reporting to Scottish Ministers, gives Ministers powers over consents and directions, allows certain transport bodies to charge and make bylaws, and sets byelaw confirmation and penalty rules. This section lets the Minister make orders about pensions, compensation, railway abandonment, and related administration, and it also imposes duties on the Boards, the Holding Company, and some applicants to comply with those orders and directions. This paragraph sets rules for transferring property and functions between transport Boards, requiring notices, compensation, and other transition steps, and it gives the Minister powers to make orders and directions. This provision is a legislative history note listing repeals, amendments, substitutions, exclusions, extensions, and applications to various sections and schedules.