The Transport Act 1983 (c. 10) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Provisions The act implemented recommendations contained in the white paper Public Transport Subsidies in Cities (Cmnd 8735, November 1982).John Sheldrake. Modern Local Government. Dartmouth. 1992. p 67.Peter Boalch. "Transport of delight". Third Way. March 1984. p 24.Peter R White. Transport. vol 4. November/December 1983. p 37.
The act limited the amount of subsidy the passenger transport executives could provide to their bus operations.
The act provided for the possibility for local authorities to put their bus services out to tender.
Reception The act was criticised by the trade unions representing the bus services industry.
References
Charles Cross. "Transport Act 1983". Peter Allsop (ed). Current Law Statutes Annotated 1983. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens & Sons. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 1984. ISBN 0421325402. Chapter 10. pp 10-1 to 10-12. Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Butterworths. 1984. Volume 53: Continuation Volume 1983. p 620 & 1238. Leslie James, "An Act to discourage extravagance in providing transport services" (1983) 147 Local Government Review 471 (11 June 1983) "Seminar on the impact of the Transport Act 1983". Municipal Review & AMA News. Issues 632-652. p 66. "Conspiracy and cock up" (1983) 52 Town & Country Planning 64. See also pp 147 & 234. Martin Loughlin. "The Transport Act 1983". Local Government in the Modern State. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1986. ISBN 0421338601. Chapter 3.4.3. p 78. R P Turner and P R White. "To Plan or Not to Plan? Three Year Plans under the Transport Act 1983, the Buses White Paper and Beyond". R Knowles (ed). Implications of the 1985 Transport Bill. Transport Geography Study Group, Institute of British Geographers. 1985. ISBN 0901989371. pp 45 to 98.