UK Act of Parliament 1981 c. 56 United Kingdom

Transport Act 1981

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Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
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Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

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28 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Railways Board’s powers of disposal. (opens in a new tab)
s.002 The new harbours company. (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Power of Secretary of State to give directions. (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Provisions supplementary to ss. 1 to 3. (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Associated British Ports and its Holding Company. (opens in a new tab)
s.006 The financial structure. (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Constitution of Associated British Ports, (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Powers of Associated British Ports. (opens in a new tab)
s.009 General duties of Associated British Ports. (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Provisions of the Companies Acts applying to Associated British Ports. (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Payments to Holding Company out of profits of Associated British Ports. (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Documents to be kept available for inspection. (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Transfer of functions of Holding Company. (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Provisions supplementary to ss. 5 to 13. (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Dissolution of National Ports Council. (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Levy of contributions from harbour authorities. (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Charging schemes. (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Amendments of the Harbours Act 1964. (opens in a new tab)
s.032 Road humps. (opens in a new tab)
s.035 Charges for licensing of cabs and cab drivers. (opens in a new tab)
s.036 Grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway. (opens in a new tab)
s.037 Railway etc. byelaws: increase in penalties. (opens in a new tab)
s.038 Fires caused by railway engines. (opens in a new tab)
s.039 Amendment of Schedules 7 and 8 to the Public Passengers Vehicles Act 1981. (opens in a new tab)
s.040 Repeals. (opens in a new tab)
s.041 Northern Ireland. (opens in a new tab)
s.042 Expenses. (opens in a new tab)
s.043 Short title. (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

2 of 106 shown
s.sch002 (1) The auditors of Associated British Ports shall be appointed... Regulated
  • Appoint auditors for Associated British Ports and set their payTrader
s.sch002 (1) The directors shall appoint a secretary of Associated British... Regulated
  • Appoint a company secretary for Associated British PortsDirector or Officer
104 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) The Secretary of State may make such orders under...
s.sch001 (1) The harbours company shall, in the exercise of statutory...
s.sch002 In this Schedule “director” means a director of Associated British...
s.sch002 (1) The validity of proceedings of the directors is not...
s.sch002 (1) The remuneration and allowances payable to directors by Associated...
s.sch002 (1) A director may resign his office by notice in...
s.sch002 (1) Subject to any rules which may be prescribed by...
s.sch002 (1) The directors may elect a chairman of their meetings...
s.sch002 (1) The directors may delegate any of their powers to...
s.sch002 (1) The directors may appoint one or more of their...
s.sch002 The fixing of the common seal of Associated British Ports...
s.sch003 Each of the powers conferred on Associated British Ports by...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may manufacture for sale to any...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may provide for any person technical advice...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may, either alone or together with...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may dispose of any part of...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may promote Bills in Parliament and...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may do anything it thinks fit...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may provide houses, hostels and other...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may pay pensions and enter into...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports has power to acquire land for...
s.sch003 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports has power to operate its harbours and...
s.sch003 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), Associated British Ports may make...
s.sch003 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), Associated British Ports may borrow...
s.sch003 (1) The Holding Company may from time to time impose...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may purchase, manufacture or repair anything required...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may acquire any undertaking of part of...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may, for the purposes of its business,...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may, for the purpose of its business,...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may— (a) invest any sums not immediately...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may do all other things which in...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may form and promote, or join...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may consign goods on behalf of...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may enter into an agreement with...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may purchase, manufacture or repair anything...
s.sch003 In this Schedule— (a) references to selling and purchasing include...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may carry on at its harbours the...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may provide facilities for the storage of...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may develop in such manner as...
s.sch003 (1) Associated British Ports may construct and operate pipelines in...
s.sch003 (1) In places where those using the services and facilities...
s.sch003 Associated British Ports may carry on any business which in...
s.sch004 (1) In the definition of “the Boards” in section 57(1)...
s.sch004 (1) The persons who immediately before the appointed day were...
s.sch004 The persons who immediately before the appointed day were chairman...
s.sch004 (1) For the purposes of sections 24 and 27(8) of...
s.sch004 (1) The profits of Associated British Ports out of which...
s.sch004 Any charges in force immediately before the appointed day in...
s.sch004 This Act does not affect any liability of a harbour...
s.sch004 Nothing in this Act affects the operation of paragraph 5...
s.sch004 This Act does not affect the operation of local or...
s.sch004 (1) Except as provided by the following provisions of this...
s.sch004 (1) In this paragraph “pensions order” means an order made...
s.sch004 (1) In this paragraph “pensions order” has the same meaning...
s.sch004 (1) As from the appointed day the members of the...
s.sch004 In section 219 of the Highways Act 1980 (payments to...
s.sch004 (1) . . . . . . . . ....
s.sch004 For the purposes of paragraph 3(b) of Part IV of...
s.sch004 So far as the activities of any wholly-owned subsidiary of...
s.sch005 It is the duty of the Council to give to...
s.sch005 (1) In section 30(4) of the Harbours Act 1964 (duty...
s.sch005 In section 41 of the Harbours Act 1964 (power to...
s.sch005 A harbour reorganisation scheme submitted to the Secretary of State...
s.sch005 (1) The following amendments (which do not alter the effect...
s.sch005 (1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that...
s.sch005 In the following provisions of this Schedule “charging scheme” and...
s.sch005 (1) Before he makes a charging scheme the Secretary of...
s.sch005 A charging scheme may include such supplementary and incidental provisions...
s.sch005 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 18, a...
s.sch005 (1) The Council shall (if they have not done so...
s.sch005 If it appears to the Secretary of State that the...
s.sch005 (1) It is the duty of the Council to set...
s.sch005 (1) No amendment or repeal made by this Act affects—...
s.sch005 (1) Every agreement, other than a contract of employment, to...
s.sch005 (1) Where any right, liability or obligation is transferred to...
s.sch005 If it appears to the Secretary of State that a...
s.sch005 (1) The Council shall, if they have not done so...
s.sch005 (1) In this paragraph— (a) “the pension scheme” means the...
s.sch006 Section 12 (power to give assistance to harbour authorities by...
s.sch006 For section 42 (accounts relating to harbour undertakings) there is...
s.sch006 (1) In section 47(1) (which as amended by section 272(2)...
s.sch006 Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 (Secretary of State’s preliminary consideration...
s.sch006 (1) . . . . . . . . ....
s.sch006 (1) Section 14(3) and 16(6) (penalties which may be provided...
s.sch006 (1) In sections 45(i) and 46(2)(a) (penalties on summary conviction...
s.sch006 In section 14 (harbour revision orders) after subsection (2) there...
s.sch006 In section 14(3), 16(6) and 18(2)(i) (ancillary provisions which may...
s.sch006 (1) Sections 14(6) and 16(8) (which make all harbour revision...
s.sch006 (1) The following section is inserted after section 15— Ministers’...
s.sch006 (1) In section 18 (harbour reorganisation schemes) the following subsection...
s.sch006 Sections 20 to 25 and Schedule 5 (control of movement...
s.sch006 (1) After section 27 there is inserted— Combined charges. (1) Where a harbour authority have power, whether by virtue...
s.sch006 (1) Sections 32 to 34 (powers of Ministers to revise...
s.sch009 The words “ or section 19 of the Transport Act...
s.sch010 In section 62(3) of the Highways Act (descriptions of works...
s.sch010 The following provisions are inserted after section 90 of the...
s.sch010 In section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 (interpretation) the...
s.sch010 A highway authority may construct road humps in a highway...
s.sch010 (1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of...
s.sch010 (1) Where the Secretary of State or a local highway...
s.sch010 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such...
s.sch010 (1) Where a road hump conforms to regulations under paragraph...
s.sch010 (1) In this Part— “ motor vehicle ” has the...

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