
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1982 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, the appointed day is 1st August 1996.
2 
Subject to article 3 below, section 18 of the Transport Act 1982 shall come into force on the appointed day.
3 
During the period beginning with the appointed day and ending immediately before the day on which section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 comes into force, section 63A(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 shall have effect with the omission of the words “or by the prescribed testing authority”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Steven Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
2nd July 1996