
1 
This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1978 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1978.
2 
The provisions of the Transport Act 1978 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) which are listed in column (1) of Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order and which relate to the matters respectively specified in relation to those provisions in column (2) of those Schedules shall (to the extent specified in those Schedules) come into force as follows:—

(a) the provisions listed in Schedule 1 on 1st September 1978, and
(b) the provisions listed in Schedule 2 on 1st November 1978.
Peter Shore
Secretary of State for the Environment
3rd August 1978William Rodgers
Secretary of State for Transport
3rd August 1978Bruce Millan
Secretary of State for Scotland
3rd August 1978Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
T. Alec Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Welsh Office
7th August 1978
SCHEDULE 1


(1) (2)
Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Section 1 Passenger transport policies in county areas.
Section 2 County public transport plans.
Section 3 Agreements with operators.
Section 4 Concessionary fare schemes.
Section 7 Car-sharing for social and other purposes.
Section 8 (so far as it relates to the paragraphs in Schedule 2 mentioned below) Road service licences and permits.
Section 10 Control of off-street parking.
Section 11 Drivers' hours (EEC rules).
Section 12 Bicycles.
Section 13 National policy for inland waterway transport.
Section 14 British Rail public service obligations.
Section 16 Amendment of Railways Act 1974 section 8.
Section 22 Transport supplementary grant.
Section 24(4) (so far as it relates to the repeals in Schedule 4 mentioned below) Repeals.
Schedule 1 Re-statement of Road Traffic Act 1960, Schedule 12, Part II.
Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 2, 6 and 7 Amendments about road service licences and permits.
The entries in Schedule 4 relating to—(a) Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967;(b) section 30 of the Transport Act 1968;(c) section 24(4) of the Transport (London) Act 1969;(d) section 203 of the Local Government Act 1972;(e) schedule 18 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;(f) section 6 of the Local Government Act 1974;(g) section 1 of the Minibus Act 1977. Repeals.
SCHEDULE 2


(1) (2)
Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Section 5 Community bus services.
Section 6 Use of community bus for contract work.
Section 8 (so far as it relates to the paragraphs in Schedule 2 mentioned below) Road service licences and permits.
Section 9 Lorries.
Schedule 2, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 Amendments to Road Traffic Act 1960.
Schedule 3 Amendments about lorries.
Section 24(4) (so far as it relates to the repeal in Schedule 4 mentioned below) Repeals.
The entry in Schedule 4 relating to section 57 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 Repeal.