Updating of references to former road transport legislation
43 Updating of references to former road transport legislation
In any other Act or in any instrument made under another Act (and except as provided by subclauses (2), (3) and (4))—
subject to paragraph (b), a reference to a former road transport Act is to be read as a reference to this Act, and
a reference to a provision of a former road transport Act is to be read as a reference to the corresponding provision (if any) of this Act.
A reference in any other Act or in any instrument made under another Act to a provision of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 that has not been repealed by a cognate Act is to be read as a reference to that provision in the Road Transport (Vehicle and Driver Management) Act 2005.
A reference in any other Act or in any instrument made under another Act to a provision of the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2005 that has not been repealed by a cognate Act is to be read as a reference to that provision in the Road Transport (Vehicle and Driver Management) Regulation 2005.
A reference in any Act or in any other instrument to—
a provision of the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2005 that has been remade in the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2013, or
a provision of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 1999,
is to be read as a reference to the corresponding provision of the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2013.
Subclauses (1)–(4) do not apply to the following—
a reference in a cognate Act,
a reference in the Road Transport (Vehicle and Driver Management) Act 2005 or Road Transport (Vehicle and Driver Management) Regulation 2005,
a reference in the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2013,
a reference in a provision of another Act or statutory rule made under another Act (as amended, substituted or inserted by a cognate Act),
such references to a former road transport Act (or a provision of a former road transport Act) in another Act or a statutory rule made under another Act as may be prescribed by the statutory rules under this Act for the subclause of this clause concerned.
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