Transport Act 2000
The Transport Act 2000 provided for:
- In air transport: the privatisation of National Air Traffic Services.
- In GB rail: changes to the system of regulation and funding that had been established by the Railways Act 1993 in connection with privatisation.
- In England and Wales road transport: bus quality partnerships and quality contracts; road and workplace parking charging.
The full text of the Act is available in HTML chunks from the OPSI/HMSO website:
A PDF version (985 pages) is available from The Railways Archive.
Notes on railway provisions
Some of the rail provisions, particularly the creation of the Strategic Rail Authority, were subsequently reversed or replaced by the Railways Act 2005.
Part IV, Chapter II makes provision for the introduction of financial penalties or penal "reasonable sums" as incentives to comply with licence obligations, and allow ORR to direct improvement to regulated railway facilities. These powers have remained in place.
Notes on road transport provisions
The road transport provisions of the Transport Act 2000 apply to England and Wales only. The Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 implements some similar measures in Scotland.
The local concessionary bus travel provisions have been replaced by national concessions. In England the relevant provisions are in the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007.
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