An Act to make provision with respect to the disposal by the British Railways Board of part of their undertaking, property, rights and liabilities; to provide for the reconstitution of the British Transport Docks Board under the name of Associated British Ports and to confer on a company powers over that body corresponding to the powers of a holding company over a wholly-owned subsidiary; to dissolve the National Ports Council and amend the Harbours Act 1964; to make further provision for promoting road safety; to make provision with respect to road humps; to provide a new basis of vehicle excise duty for goods vehicles; to amend the law as to the payments to be made for cab licences and cab drivers' licences; to make provision for grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway; to make provision with respect to railway fires; to amend Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; and for connected purposes.
Citation
1981 c. 56
Dates
Royal assent
31 July 1981
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Transport Act 1981 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
The Transport Act 1981 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Amongst other items it introduced the compulsory wearing of seat belts for front seat passengers for a trial period of three year.[1]
The major part of the act was for re-organising the British Transport Docks Board[2] which led to its eventual privatisation.
The Act received royal assent 31 July 1981.[3]
^"Seat Belts: History". Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
^Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database: Transport Act 1981 www.opsi.gov.uk
^"Transport Act 1981". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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