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Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967

The Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 37 (N.I.)) is an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland which Deals with Public Transport including Roads, Trains and Buses and which established The Northern Ireland Transport Holdings Company which trades as Translink a government-owned body which Manages Trains and Buses in Northern Ireland.

Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967[1]
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Long titleAn Act to make further provision for the re-organisation of public transport and otherwise to amend the law relating to transport; and for purposes connected therewith.
Citation1967 c. 37 (N.I.)
Dates
Royal assent14 December 1967
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed by
Status: Amended
Revised text of statute as amended

Arrangement of act

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Part 1

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Part 1 was repealed by the General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (art. 5, paragraph 2) which dissolved the Transport Users Committee established under Section 1 of the act and transferred the functions under sections 6(2) and (3), 59(1) and (2) and 60(2) of that committee to the General Consumer Council.

Part 2 – Carriage of passengers by road

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Part 2 is excluded by section 54(3) of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Functions under part 2 transferred to the Department for Infrastructure from the Department of the Environment under schedule 5, part 2 of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Part 3

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The whole of part 3 was repealed on 1 July 2012 by schedule 4 (repeals) of the General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 2010.

Part 4 – General provisions relating to licences under parts 2 and 3

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Part 5 – The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

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  • Section 47. Establishment of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company.
  • Section 48. General functions of the Holding Company.
  • Section 49. Power to Minister to give directions as to policy and control by the Holding Company of its subsidiaries.
  • Section 50. Surplus Funds of the Holding Company.
  • Section 51. Borrowing powers of the Holding Company.
  • Section 52. Accounts, audit and returns.
  • Section 53. Supplemental provisions as to the Holding Company and its subsidiaries.*
  • Section 54. Pension schemes.
  • Section 55. Provision of railway services.
  • Section 56. Powers of the railway undertaking.
  • Section 57. Power of railway undertaking to made byelaws.
  • Section 58
  • Section 59. Complaints as to inadequacy of railway services.
  • Section 60. Discontinuance of railway services.
  • Section 61. Abandonment of railway lines.
  • Section 62. Powers of acquisition where railway diverted for road purposes.
    • (1) repealed on 17 February 1994 by schedule 11 (Repeals) of the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993
  • Section 63. Exchequer grants to meet capital expenditure of the railway undertaking.
  • Section 64. Financial assistance by Holding Company to the railway undertaking.
  • Section 65. Trespass on premises of the railway undertaking.
  • Section 66. Safety arrangements at level crossings.
  • Section 67. Supplemental provisions as to the railway undertaking.

Part 5A – Construction of railways

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  • Section 67A. Construction of railways.
  • Section 67B. Acquisition of land by Holding Company.
  • Section 67C. Information as to ownership of premises.
  • Section 67D. Power to enter land.
  • Section 67E. Supplementary provisions relating to section 67D.
  • Section 67F. Extinguishment of public rights of way.
  • Section 67G. Diversion of navigable watercourses.
  • Section 67I. Orders under sections 67A(2), 67G(1) and 67H
  • Section 67J. Incorporation of Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 and Railways Clauses Act 1863

Part 5B – Penalty fares on buses and trains

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  • Section 67K. Operation of schedule 1B.

Part 6 – Distribution of the undertaking of the authority

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  • Section 68. Vesting of the authority's undertaking in the Holding Company
  • Section 69. Transfer or letting of property of the Holding Company to the railway undertaking.
  • Section 70. Supplementary provisions as to the letting of property by the Holding Company to the railway undertaking.

Part 7

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The whole of part 7 was repealed on 19 February 1985 by schedule 3 (Repeals) of the Road Traffic, Transport and Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1984.

Part 8 – Miscellaneous and General

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Schedule 1 – The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

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Schedule 1A – Modifications of articles 133(2) and (4) of, and schedule 8 to, the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 for the purposes of sections 67A, 67G and 67H

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Schedule 1B – Provisions for penalty fares on buses and trains

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  • Schedule 1B para. 4(1)(a) was substituted on 13 June 2016 by the Penalty Fares (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/194), articles 1 and 2.

Schedule 2

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References

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  1. ^ short title of Act is authorised by Section 83, Subsection (1) of this Act.
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