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Transport Act 1985

Type Public General Act

Publication 1985-10-30

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Use of bus stations: monopolies, anti-competitive practices and restrictive trade practices

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Reconstitution of the Transport Tribunal

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(1) The number of members of the Transport Tribunal shall no longer be subject to any limit; and the tribunal shall no longer be required to sit in two divisions.

(2) Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect (in place of the existing law) with respect to the constitution, powers and proceedings of the tribunal ; and that Schedule also makes provision in relation to appeals to the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal under enactments relating to transport (see paragraphs 17 and 18) .

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Road passenger transport services in place of railway services

Railways Board's road passenger transport services

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(1) After section 4 of the 1962 Act (Railways Board’s road services) there shall be inserted the following section—

(4A) (1) Subject to this section, the Railways Board shall have power to secure the provision by other persons of services for the carriage of passengers by road where a railway service has been temporarily interrupted, or has been discontinued. (2) The route (and stopping places) of any such service provided where a railway service has been discontinued need not correspond precisely with the route of the discontinued service (even where it is practicable to do so), so long as the service so provided broadly corresponds with the discontinued service, in terms of the localities it serves. (3) Subsection (2) above is not to be taken as prejudicing the power of the Board under subsection (1) above to secure the provision of a service which deviates in any respect from the route of a railway service which has been interrupted or discontinued where it is not practicable for a service by road to correspond precisely to the railway service in question. (4) Before entering into any agreement in pursuance of subsection (1) above for the provision by any other person of a service for the carriage of passengers by road in a case where a railway service has been discontinued, the Board shall invite other persons to submit tenders to provide that service for such period and on such basis as may be specified in the invitation to tender. (5) Subsection (4) above shall not apply in relation to an agreement for the provision of such a service on a temporary basis in a case where a service for the carriage of passengers by road provided under an agreement entered into by the Board in pursuance of subsection (1) above has been temporarily interrupted. (6) Nothing in subsection (4) above shall be read as requiring the Board to accept any tender submitted in response to an invitation to tender issued under that subsection. (7) The Railways Board may not under this section secure the provision by any person of a service for the carriage of passengers by road provided otherwise than by means of public service vehicles or licensed taxis. (8) The Railways Board may not themselves directly provide services for the carriage of passengers by road. (9) In this section— (a) “licensed taxi” means— (i) in England and Wales, a vehicle licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 or section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 or under any similar enactment; and (ii) in Scotland, a taxi licensed under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; and (b) “stopping place” means a point at which passengers are taken up or set down in the course of the service in question.

(2) Section 4 of the 1962 Act shall cease to apply in relation to services for the carriage of passengers by road; and, accordingly, in that section—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (iii) and the words “and passengers” shall be omitted; and

(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) subsection (5) (nothing in that section to authorise Board to use hackney carriages plying or standing for hire) shall be omitted; and

(c) in subsection (6) (exclusion of Board’s power to provide road transport services apart from that section) the words “or passengers” shall be omitted.

Bus substitution services and bus service conditions

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(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State imposes a condition requiring the Railways Board to secure the provision of an alternative service for the carriage of passengers by road—

(a) under section 54(5) of the 1968 Act, in giving his consent to the discontinuance by the Board of all railway passenger services from any station or on any line (referred to below in this section as a closure); or

(b) under section 122 of this Act, in revoking any previous condition to that effect (whether imposed as mentioned in paragraph (a) above or imposed under section 122);

and any such service required by a condition so imposed is referred to below in this Act as a bus substitution service.

(2) In any such case the Board shall secure the provision of the bus substitution service in exercise of their powers under section 4A of the 1962 Act (provision of road passenger transport services where a railway service has been interrupted or discontinued); and subsection (2) of that section (which makes provision with respect to the route and stopping places of any service provided on discontinuance of a railway service) shall be subject to the condition requiring the bus substitution service and to any other condition imposed by the Secretary of State in connection with the closure or (as the case may be) under section 122 of this Act with respect to the operation of that service.

(3) The Passenger Transport Executive for any passenger transport area may enter into agreements with the Railways Board under which the Executive make payments to the Board in respect of the cost incurred by the Board in securing the provision of any bus substitution service between places in the Executive’s area or between such places and places outside that area but within the permitted distance for the purposes of section 10(1)(ii) of the 1968 Act as it applies to that Executive (that is to say, twenty-five miles from the nearest point on the boundary of that area).

(4) The Secretary of State may not vary or revoke any condition imposed by him as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above with respect to the provision or operation of a bus substitution service (referred to below in this Act as a bus service condition) except as provided below in this section.

(5) A bus service condition requiring the Board to secure the provision of a bus substitution service may not be—

(a) revoked; or

(b) varied so as to permit the Board to withdraw the service from any locality or point for the time being specified in the condition as a locality or point the service is required to serve;

except in accordance with the procedure provided by sections 120 to 122 of this Act (which corresponds, with certain modifications, to the procedure applicable under section 56 of the 1962 Act in relation to a closure); but, subject to that, a bus service condition may at any time be varied or revoked by the Secretary of State.

Notice of withdrawal of bus substitution service

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(1) Where the Railways Board propose—

(a) to seek revocation of a bus service condition requiring them to secure the provision of a bus substitution service; or

(b) to seek variation of such a condition so as to permit them to withdraw any such service from any locality or point for the time being specified in the condition as a locality or point the service is required to serve;

they shall, not less than six weeks before the date they propose for the withdrawal of the service or (as the case may be) for the withdrawal of the service from that locality or point (referred to below in this Act as the withdrawal of service) publish in two successive weeks in two local newspapers circulating in the area affected, and in such other manner as appears to them appropriate, a notice complying with subsection (2) below.

(2) The notice shall—

(a) give the date proposed by the Board for the withdrawal of service and particulars of the proposed withdrawal, of any alternative services which it appears to the Board will be available and of any proposals of the Board for securing the provision of alternative services or augmenting any available alternative services; and

(b) state that objections to the revocation or (as the case may be) to the variation of the bus service condition may be lodged in accordance with this section within six weeks of a date specified in the notice.

(3) The date so specified shall be the date on which the notice is last published in a local newspaper as required by subsection (1) above.

(4) Copies of the notice published under subsection (1) above shall be sent to the appropriate Area Committee.

(5) Where the proposed withdrawal of service relates to a service or part of a service which is subsidised by the Passenger Transport Executive for any passenger transport area under any agreement made with the Railways Board by virtue of section 119(3) of this Act, the Board shall not publish a notice with respect to the proposed withdrawal under subsection (1) above without the consent of the Executive to its publication.

(6) If in any such case the Board publish such a notice before obtaining that consent, the notice shall be of no effect unless before the end of the period fixed by the notice for objecting to the revocation or variation of the relevant bus service condition either—

(a) the Executive have informed the Board in writing that they consent to the publication; or

(b) the Secretary of State, on an application made for the purpose by the Board (whether before or after the publication of the notice) and after offering the Executive what the Secretary of State considers a reasonable opportunity to make any representations, has directed that the notice shall have effect notwithstanding that the Executive have not consented to its publication.

(7) Where in the case of any proposed withdrawal of service subsection (5) above does not apply but any locality or point affected by the proposed withdrawal is situated in a passenger transport area, the Railways Board shall send to the Passenger Transport Executive for that area a copy of the notice published by them under subsection (1) above.

Objections to withdrawal of bus substitution service

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(1) Where a notice has been published by the Railways Board under section 120(1) of this Act, any user of any service affected and any body representing such users may within the period specified in the notice lodge with the appropriate Area Committee an objection in writing.

(2) Where such an objection is lodged the committee shall immediately inform the Secretary of State and the Board.

(3) A committee with whom an objection has been lodged under subsection (1) above shall consider the objection and any representations made by the Board and report to the Secretary of State as soon as possible on the hardship, if any, which they consider will be caused by the proposed withdrawal of service, and the report may contain proposals for alleviating that hardship.

(4) The Secretary of State may require a further report from any committee making a report to him under subsection (3) above.

(5) Copies of every report under subsection (3) or (4) above shall be sent to the Central Committee and to the Board.

(6) Where, in the case of any withdrawal of service to which section 120(5) or (7) of this Act applies, notice of the withdrawal has been published under subsection (1) of that section, the Executive concerned may, within the period specified in the notice for objecting to the withdrawal, lodge with the Secretary of State a statement in writing that they oppose the withdrawal and of their reasons for opposing it.

The fact that the Executive concerned gave their consent to the publication of the notice shall not affect their right under this subsection to oppose the withdrawal of service.

(7) Where the Executive for any passenger transport area lodge such a statement with the Secretary of State they shall send a copy of that statement to the Board.

(8) References above in this section to a notice published under section 120(1) of this Act do not include a notice which under subsection (6) of that section is of no effect.

Revocation or variation of bus service conditions

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(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, where an objection to a proposed withdrawal of service is lodged under section 121 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall not revoke or (as the case may be) vary the bus service condition in question until he has received from the appropriate Area Committee the report required by subsection (3) of that section and any further report required by him under subsection (4) of that section.

(2) If in any case the Secretary of State considers that any such report has been unreasonably delayed he may, after consulting the committee concerned and making such enquiries as he thinks fit, revoke or vary the condition without waiting for the report.

(3) Where a statement opposing the proposed withdrawal is lodged by the Executive for a passenger transport area under section 121 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall have regard to that statement in determining whether to revoke or vary the bus service condition in question.

(4) In any case within subsection (1) or (3) above the Secretary of State shall have regard, in determining whether to revoke or vary the bus service condition in question, to any matters which for the time being appear to him to be relevant, including any social or economic considerations, and shall not revoke or vary the condition in accordance with the Board’s proposals—

(a) unless he is satisfied that a reasonable opportunity has been afforded for the making to him of representations with respect to the proposed withdrawal of service by or on behalf of employees of the Board affected by that withdrawal; or

(b) before he has considered any representations made while that opportunity remains available which he is satisfied are either made by such employees or made on behalf of such employees by an organisation appearing to him to represent such employees.

(5) The reference in subsection (4)(a) above to employees of the Board affected by the withdrawal of service is a reference to persons who are employed by the Board for the purposes of, or in connection with, the service in question and who appear to the Secretary of State to be likely to be directly affected by the withdrawal of service.

(6) In any case other than one within subsection (1) or (3) above the Secretary of State shall revoke or vary the bus service condition in question in accordance with the Board’s proposals if he is satisfied that adequate notice of those proposals was given in the notice published under section 120(1) of this Act in relation to the proposed withdrawal of service.

(7) Where in any case within subsection (1) or (3) above the Secretary of State revokes a bus service condition—

(a) he may do so subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, including a condition requiring the Railways Board to secure the provision of an alternative service for the carriage of passengers by road; and

(b) he may from time to time give such directions to the Board as he thinks fit in connection with the withdrawal of the bus substitution service required by that condition;

and, subject to section 119(4) of this Act, a condition imposed under paragraph (a) above may at any time be varied or revoked by the Secretary of State.

Supplementary and consequential provisions

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(1) For the purposes of sections 120 to 122 of this Act and this section—

(a) “Area Committee” means an Area Transport Users Consultative Committee established under section 56 of the 1962 Act or, in relation to the London area, the London Transport Users’ Committee;

(b) the appropriate Area Committee is the Area Committee for the area in which any locality or point affected by the proposed withdrawal of service is situated; and

(c) “the Central Committee” means the Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain established under section 56 of the 1962 Act.

In paragraph (a) above “the London area” means the area for which for the time being the London Transport Users’ Committee is the Rail Users’ Consultative Committee by virtue of section 2(9) of the Railways Act 1993..

(2) Where objections with respect to any proposed withdrawal of service have been lodged with more than one Area Committee, the committees in question—

(a) may report to the Secretary of State jointly under section 121 of this Act; or

(b) may agree that the consideration of objections and representations relating to the withdrawal and the making of a report to the Secretary of State shall be delegated to any of those committees appearing to them to be principally concerned;

and references in sections 121 and 122 of this Act to a committee and to the appropriate Area Committee shall be read accordingly.

(3) Section 54(1) of the 1962 Act (advance information about railway and shipping closures) shall apply in relation to plans of the Railways Board for withdrawals of services (in the event of securing the necessary revocation or variation of the relevant bus service conditions) as it applies in relation to the Board’s plans for closures.

(4) The duty of the Central Committee and of each Area Committee (other than the London Regional Passengers’ Committee) under section 56(4) of the 1962 Act (duty to consider and make recommendations with respect to certain matters) shall apply to any matter affecting bus substitution services as it applies to any matter affecting the services and facilities provided by the Railways Board.

(5) References in sections 40 and 41 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 (which deal with the functions of the London Regional Passengers’ Committee) to services and facilities provided by the Railways Board or any subsidiary of theirs shall include references to bus substitution services.

(6) Nothing in section 56(4) of the 1962 Act or section 40(4) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984, as it has effect by virtue of subsection (4) or (5) above in relation to matters affecting bus substitution services, shall entitle any committee to consider the charges made for any bus substitution service, or to consider any question relating to a withdrawal of service except as provided by section 121 of this Act.

(7) Section 56(13) of the 1962 Act (public hearings) shall apply in relation to hearings for the purposes of section 121(3) of this Act as it applies in relation to hearings for the purposes of subsection (9) of section 56 (objections to closures).

(8) In section 54(5) of the 1968 Act (power of Secretary of State to impose conditions in consenting to a closure)—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words “subject to section 119(4) of the Transport Act 1985”;

(b) in paragraph (c), for the words from “as to the provision” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “requiring the Railways Board to provide or (as the case may be) secure the provision of alternative services; and”;

(d) in the words following paragraph (d), the words from “or, where” to “jointly” and the words from “or, as the case may be” to the end shall be omitted.

(9) Subsection (6) of that section shall be omitted, and in subsection (7), for the words “subsections (5) and (6)” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (5)”.

(10) In this section “closure” has the same meaning as in section 119 of this Act.

Reimbursement of Board's expenses in securing bus substitution services

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(1) The Secretary of State may in respect of any period make grants to the Railways Board of such amounts as appear to him to be requisite for reimbursing the Board in respect of the net costs during that period of securing the provision of bus substitution services.

(2) The amount of those costs during any period shall be taken to be an amount equal to the difference between—

(a) the reduction in financial burden of the Board; and

(b) the reduction in revenue of the Board;

if the Board were not to secure the provision of those services during that period.

(3) Grants under this section require the approval of the Treasury and may be made subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, think fit.

The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Secretary of State's guidance

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(1) There shall be established in accordance with this section a body to be known as the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee.

(2) The Committee shall consist of—

(a) a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State; and

(b) not less than ten, nor more than twenty, other members appointed by the Secretary of State after consultation with such bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests of persons likely to be significantly concerned with matters within the competence of the Committee.

(3) The Secretary of State shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, secure that at all times at least half of the membership of the Committee consists of persons who are disabled.

(4) The Secretary of State may appoint one or more members of the Committee to be deputy chairman or (as the case may be) deputy chairmen of the Committee.

(5) It shall be the duty of the Committee to consider any matter, relating to the needs of disabled persons in connection with public passenger transport, which is referred to them by the Secretary of State or which they think it appropriate to consider without such a reference and to give such advice to the Secretary of State on any matter which they have considered as they think appropriate.

(6) The Committee shall make an annual report to the Secretary of State, who shall lay a copy of it before each House of Parliament.

(7) The Secretary of State shall from time to time issue guidance as to measures that may be taken with a view to—

(a) making access to vehicles used in the provision of public passenger transport services by road easier for disabled persons; and

(b) making such vehicles better adapted to the needs of disabled persons.

(8) The Secretary of State shall consult the Committee before issuing any such guidance.

(9) Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Committee.

Provisions supplementary to Parts I and II

Application of sections 52 and 56 of the 1981 Act

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(1) The power under section 52(1) of the 1981 Act (fees for grant of licences, etc.) to prescribe fees chargeable by traffic commissioners shall apply in relation to fees so chargeable in respect of—

(a) applications for the registration of services under section 6 of this Act and for the variation or cancellation of such registrations;

(aa) the continuation in force of registrations under that section;

(b) the issue of any documents issued in accordance with regulations under that section with respect to registrations under that section;

(d) applications for, and the grant of, London local service licences.

(2) Subsection (2) of that section (power of traffic commissioners to decline to proceed until any fee or instalment of a fee is paid) shall accordingly apply as if subsection (1) above were included in subsection (1) of that section; and for that purpose the references in subsection (2) of that section to licences shall include references to permits.

(3) Section 56 of the 1981 Act (records of licences) shall apply in relation to each of the following —

(a) registrations under section 6 of this Act;

(b) traffic regulation conditions determined under section 7 of this Act;

(bb) permits under section 19 or 22 of this Act granted, varied or revoked by a traffic commissioner;

(bc) copies of permits submitted to a traffic commissioner by way of a return made pursuant to an order under section 19(7)(c) of this Act;

as it applies in relation to licences granted under that Act.

Offences and legal proceedings

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(1) Section 65 of the 1981 Act (forgery and misuse of documents) shall apply to the following documents, namely—

(a) a permit under section 19 or 22 of this Act; and

(b) a London local service licence.

(2) Section 66 of that Act (false statements to obtain licence, etc.) shall apply in relation to a false statement for the purpose of obtaining the grant of any such permit or licence as it applies in relation to a false statement for the purposes there mentioned.

(3) Section 67 of that Act (penalty for breach of regulations under that Act) shall have effect as if Parts I and II of this Act were contained in that Act.

(4) The defence provided by section 68(3) of that Act (that the person charged took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of an offence under certain provisions of that Act) shall apply in relation to an offence under any of the following provisions of this Act, that is to say, sections 23(5), 30(2), 35(6) and 38(7).

(5) The provisions of that Act mentioned in subsection (6) below shall apply in relation to an offence, or (as the case may be) in relation to proceedings for an offence, under Part I or II of this Act as they apply in relation to an offence, or in relation to proceedings for an offence, under Part II of that Act.

(6) Those provisions are—

section 69 (restriction on institution in England or Wales of proceedings for an offence under Part II);

section 70 (duty to give information as to identity of driver in certain cases);

section 71 (evidence by certificate in proceedings in England or Wales for an offence under Part II);

section 72 (proof in summary proceedings in England or Wales of identity of driver of vehicle); and

section 74 (offences under Part II committed by companies).

(7) Section 75 of that Act (destination of fines in respect of certain offences committed in Scotland) shall have effect as if Part I of this Act were contained in provisions of that Act preceding section 75.

Further supplementary provisions

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(1) The provisions of the 1981 Act mentioned in subsection (2) below shall have effect as if Parts I and II of this Act were contained in that Act.

(2) Those provisions are—

sections 76 and 77 (power of Secretary of State to hold inquiries for the purposes of that Act and general provisions as to inquiries so held); and

section 85 (nothing in that Act to authorise a nuisance).

General supplementary provisions

Transfer schemes

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(1) This section applies to any scheme under section 50(2), 59, 61(9) or 68 of this Act (referred to below in this section as a transfer scheme).

(2) A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities to be transferred by the scheme—

(a) by specifying the property, rights or liabilities in question; or

(b) by referring to all the property, rights and liabilities comprised in the whole or any specified part of the transferor’s undertaking;(or partly in one way and partly in the other) and may contain such supplementary, incidental and consequential provisions as may appear to the authority making the scheme to be necessary or expedient (including in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of that, provision with respect to the consideration to be provided by the transferee for any transfer under the scheme).

(3) Subject to the following provisions of this section, Schedule 4 to the 1968 Act (supplementary provisions as to certain transfers of property, rights and liabilities) shall apply to any transfer under section 50(4), 59(7), 61(11) or 68(7) of this Act; and each of those provisions shall have effect subject to the provisions of that Schedule.

(4) In Schedule 4 as it applies by virtue of subsection (3) above—

(a) any reference to a transfer by or a vesting by virtue of that Act shall be read as a reference to a transfer by or a vesting by virtue of the transfer scheme in question; and

(b) the reference in paragraph 13(5) to the relevant provisions of that Act shall be read as including a reference to the relevant provisions of this Act.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order make modifications in Schedule 4 for the purposes of its application to transfers under section 50(4), 59(7), 61(11) or 68(7) of this Act.

Corporation tax and capital gains tax

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(1) Section 16(1)(a) of the Finance Act 1970 (which excludes precept income and grants in computing the profits of a Passenger Transport Executive chargeable to corporation tax) shall not apply with respect to any accounting period beginning on or after the passing of this Act.

(2) In computing for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts the profit or loss of a Passenger Transport Executive for any accounting period beginning on or after the passing of this Act, the loss of any earlier accounting period shall be computed as if section 16(1)(a) of the Finance Act 1970 had not been enacted.

(3) For the purposes of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, the transfer under section 59(8) or section 85(4) of this Act of any asset from a Passenger Transport Executive to an Integrated Transport Authority or a Passenger Transport Authority shall be deemed to be for a consideration such that no gain or loss accrues to the Executive; and Schedule 2 to that Act (assets held on 6th April 1965) shall have effect in relation to any asset so transferred as if the acquisition or provision of it by the Executive had been the acquisition or provision of it by the Authority.

(4) If, under section 59 of this Act, a company is formed by a Passenger Transport Executive and the shares in or securities of that company are subsequently transferred to a Passenger Transport Authority, section 178 or 179 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (deemed disposals of assets for capital gains purposes where member leaves group) shall not have effect as respects any of the assets of the company on its ceasing to be a 75 per cent. subsidiary (within the meaning of the Tax Acts) of the Executive.

Stamp duty

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(6) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable—

(a) on any scheme made under section 50(2) of this Act or on any scheme or order made under any provision of Part IV of this Act; or

(b) on any instrument which is certified to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue by the transferring authority or (as the case may be) by both or all the transferring authorities as having been made or executed in pursuance of Schedule 4 to the 1968 Act as it applies by virtue of any provision of this Act in relation to a transfer in pursuance of any such scheme or order; or

(c) on any instrument which is so certified as having been made or executed for the purpose of giving effect to any transfer authorised by section 50(1) or (as the case may be) required under section 59(8) of this Act.

(7) No such instrument as is mentioned in subsection (6)(b) or (c) above shall be treated as duly stamped unless it is stamped with the duty to which it would but for subsection (6) above be liable or it has, in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Stamp Act 1891, been stamped with a particular stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty or that it is duly stamped.

Operation of vehicles, etc., by partnerships

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Section 58(1) of the 1981 Act (power to modify the provisions of that Act in their application to the operation of vehicles and the provision of services by persons in partnership) shall apply in relation to the provisions of this Act.

Functions of Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives: supplementary

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(1) In Part II of the 1968 Act, the references to that Part of that Act or (as the case may be) to that Act mentioned in subsection (2) below shall include references to this Act.

(2) Those references are—

(a) the references to that Part of that Act in section 12(2), (3)(d) and (g) (borrowing powers of Executive) and in section 15(5) (expenditure by Authority in performing their functions to be defrayed by Executive); and

(b) the reference to that Act in section 12(5)(b) (which refers to rights of priority in respect of any liability assumed by or transferred to an Executive in pursuance of that Act).

Regulations, rules and orders

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(1) Section 60 of the 1981 Act (general power to make regulations for purposes of that Act) shall have effect as if Parts I and II of this Act were contained in that Act.

(2) In that section—

(a) in subsection (1) (which, in effect, provides that all regulations authorised under that Act are to be made under that section) the words from “for any purpose” to “generally” and the words from “and regulations under this section” to the end of the subsection shall be omitted;

(b) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—

(1A) Regulations made under any provision of this Act may make different provision for different cases to which the regulations apply, and may in particular— (a) make different provision as respects different areas; and (b) make different provision as respects different classes or descriptions of vehicles or as respects the same class or description of vehicles in different circumstances.

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(c) in subsection (2) (which defines “regulations” as meaning regulations under that section), for the words “under this section” there shall be substituted the words “by the Secretary of State”; and

(d) subsection (3) (which excepts certain provisions of that Act from being included in references to that Act in that section and is unnecessary in view of the amendments made above in this section) shall be omitted.

(3) The power to make regulations under that section, as it applies by virtue of this section, shall extend to any of the following matters—

(a) applications for, and the issue of, permits under section 19 or 22 of this Act; and

(b) the issue of copies of such permits in the case of permits lost or destroyed.

(4) The Secretary of State may make regulations under this section for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act (apart from Parts I and II) into effect.

(5) Regulations or rules made under any provision of this Act (other than one contained in Part I or II), and any order made by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act (including one so contained), may make different provision for different cases to which those regulations or rules or (as the case may be) to which that order applies, and may in particular make different provision as respects different areas.

(6) Regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under any of the specified provisions may make different provision for different cases to which the regulations apply, and may in particular—

(a) make different provision as respects different areas; and

(b) make different provision as respects different classes or descriptions of vehicles or as respects the same class or description of vehicles in different circumstances.

(7) The ““specified provisions”” are—

(a) section 6(2), (3) and (9);

(b) section 6A(11);

(d) section 7(6)(d), (9) and (11);

(e) section 10(5)(c) and (8).

(8) An order made by the Welsh Ministers under section 13(1) may make different provision for different cases to which the order applies, and may in particular make different provision as respects different areas.

Procedure for making regulations, rules and orders

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(1) Section 61 of the 1981 Act (procedure for making regulations under that Act) shall have effect as if Parts I and II of this Act were contained in that Act; . . .

(1A) But section 61(2) of the 1981 Act (consultation with representative organisations) does not apply to regulations made under sections 6ZA(2) or (5), 6ZB(2) or 6ZC(1) of this Act.

(2) Any power of the Secretary of State—

(a) to make regulations or rules under any provision of this Act (other than one contained in Part I or II); or

(b) to make an order under any provision of this Act (including one so contained);

shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) subsections (4) and (4A) below, any statutory instrument containing any such regulations, rules or orders shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4) Subsection (3) above does not apply to a statutory instrument containing an order under section 46, 52(5), 53(1), 85 , 125A, 125B, 125C or 140(2) of this Act.

(4A) Regulations under section 6ZC(1), which make provision of the type mentioned in paragraph (d) of that section, are subject to the affirmative procedure.

(5) The power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations or an order under any of the specified provisions (see subsection (8)) is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(6) A statutory instrument containing regulations or an order made by the Welsh Ministers under any of the specified provisions is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(7) The Welsh Ministers must consult such representative organisations as they think fit before making regulations under any of the specified provisions.

(8) The ““specified provisions”” are—

(a) section 6(2), (3) and (9);

(b) section 6A(11);

(d) section 7(6)(d), (9) and (11);

(e) section 10(5)(c) and (8);

(f) section 13(1).

Directions

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(1) It shall be the duty of any person to whom the Secretary of State gives directions under this Act to give effect to those directions.

(2) Any direction given by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act (including a direction specifying a period or date for any purposes of Part IV of this Act) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction given under that provision.

(3) Any direction given by the Secretary of State under this Act shall be in writing.

General interpretation

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(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1962 Act” means the Transport Act 1962;

“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;

“the 1968 Act” means the Transport Act 1968;

“the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;

“body” means a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;

“bus service condition” has the meaning given by section 119(4) of this Act;

“bus substitution service” has the meaning given by section 119(1) of this Act;

“council”, in relation to Scotland, means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

“employees’ share scheme” means a scheme for encouraging or facilitating the holding of shares or debentures in a company by or for the benefit of—the bona fide employees or former employees of the company or of a subsidiary of the company; orthe wives, husbands, widows, widowers or children or step-children under the age of eighteen of such employees or former employees;

“equity share capital” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 548 of the Companies Act 2006);

“excursion or tour” means a service for the carriage of passengers by road at separate fares on which the passengers travel together on a journey, with or without breaks, from one or more places to one or more other places and back;

“functions” includes powers, duties and obligations;

“interest” means, in relation to a company’s share capital of any description, a beneficial interest (whether held directly or through nominees or subsidiaries) in that share capital;

“liability” includes an obligation;

“local service” has the meaning given by section 2 of this Act;

“London” means the administrative area of Greater London as for the time being constituted;

“London local service” has the meaning given by section 34(1) of this Act;

“pension”, in relation to a person, means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatsoever payable to or in respect of him, and includes—a gratuity so payable;a return of contributions to a pension fund, with or without interest on or any other addition to those contributions; andany sums payable on or in respect of the death of that person;

“pension rights” includes, in relation to any person, all forms of right to or eligibility for the present or future payment of a pension, and any expectation of the accruer of a pension under any customary practice, and includes a right of allocation in respect of the present or future payment of a pension;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

“public passenger transport services” has the meaning given by section 63(10)(a) of this Act;

“the Railways Board” means the British Railways Board established under section 1 of the 1962 Act;

“regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State;

“securities”, in relation to a body corporate, means any shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, and any other security of a similar nature, of the body corporate;

“social services functions” means functions which are social services functions for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 or the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

“social work functions” means functions which are social work functions for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;

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“stopping place” means, in relation to any service or part of a service, a point at which passengers are (or, in the case of a proposed service, are proposed to be) taken up or set down in the course of that service or part;

“subsidiary” means, in relation to any body corporate, a body corporate which is a subsidiary of the first-mentioned body corporate within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 as originally enacted (and not as substituted by section 144(1) of the Companies Act 1989);

“traffic area” means a traffic area constituted for the purposes of the 1981 Act, and section 80 of that Act shall apply to references in this Act to the Metropolitan Traffic Area;

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“wholly-owned subsidiary” means a subsidiary all the securities of which are owned by a body corporate of which it is a subsidiary, or by one or more other wholly-owned subsidiaries of that body, or partly by that body and partly by any wholly-owned subsidiary of that body;

and the expressions listed in subsection (2) below have the same meaning as in the 1981 Act.

(2) Those expressions are—

“company”;

“contravention”;

“fares”;

“modification”;

“operator” (in references to the operator of a vehicle);

“operating centre”;

“PSV operator’s licence”;

“public service vehicle”;

“road”;

“statutory provision”; and

“traffic commissioner”.

(2A) In this Act—

(a) any reference to a county shall be construed in relation to Wales as including a reference to a county borough;

(b) any reference to a county council shall be construed in relation to Wales as including a reference to a county borough council; and

(c) section 17(4) and (5) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (references to counties and districts to be construed generally in relation to Wales as references to counties and county boroughs) shall not apply.

(3) References in this Act to a vehicle’s being used for carrying passengers for hire or reward shall be read in accordance with section 1(5) of the 1981 Act.

(4) References in this Act to agreements providing for service subsidies shall be read in accordance with section 63(10)(b) of this Act.

(5) References in this Act to Integrated Transport Authorities, Passenger Transport Authorities and Passenger Transport Executives and to integrated transport areas and passenger transport areas are references respectively to the Integrated Transport Authorities, Passenger Transport Authorities and Passenger Transport Executives, and to integrated transport areas and passenger transport areas, for the purposes of Part II of the 1968 Act.

(5A) References in this Act to a combined authority are references to a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

(5B) References in this Act to a combined county authority are references to a combined county authority established under section 9 (1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

(6) References in this Act, in relation to a bus substitution service, to the withdrawal of service shall be read in accordance with section 120(1) of this Act (and references to a withdrawal of service or to withdrawals of service have a corresponding meaning).

(7) For the purposes of this Act the operator of a passenger transport service of any description is the person, or each of the persons, providing the service; and for those purposes the operator of a vehicle being used on a road for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward at separate fares shall be taken to be providing the service provided by means of the vehicle unless it is proved that the service is or forms part of a service provided not by himself but by one or more other persons.

(8) For the purposes of this Act an interest in a company’s equity share capital is a controlling interest if it subsists in more than half in nominal value of that capital.

Expenses and receipts

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The following are authorised by this section—

(a) the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under section 54(4) of or paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to this Act or in making grants under section 108, 109 or 124 of this Act;

(b) any increase in payments out of money so provided arising from any increase in administrative expenses of the Secretary of State or the expenses of local authorities attributable to the provisions of this Act; and

(c) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable into the Consolidated Fund by virtue of section 52(3) or 75 of the 1981 Act (fees received by traffic commissioners and certain fines to be paid into the Consolidated Fund).

Transitional provisions, savings, amendments, repeals and revocation

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(1) This Act shall have effect subject to the transitional provisions and savings set out in Schedule 6 to this Act.

(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule (which are minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act).

(3) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 8 to this Act (which include certain provisions which are already spent) are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(4) Without prejudice to section 13 of this Act, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of taking account of any of the provisions of Part I of this Act, by order modify or repeal any provision made by any local Act passed before the commencement of this subsection.

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Short title, commencement and extent

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(1) This Act may be cited as the Transport Act 1985.

(2) This Act (apart from this section, section 58 of this Act and paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to this Act) shall come into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different purposes (including different purposes of the same provision).

(3) An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings (whether or not involving the modification of any statutory provision) as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought (wholly or partly) into force by the order.

(4) The following provisions of this Act do not extend to Scotland, that is to say—

sections 10 and 11;

Part II; and

section 102.

(5) This Act, with the exceptions mentioned in subsection (6) below, does not extend to Northern Ireland.

(6) Those exceptions are—

section 114(1)(a) and (2); and

section 115.

SCHEDULE 1

The Transport Act 1968

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In section 159(1) of the Transport Act 1968 (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “bus service” there shall be substituted the following—

“bus service” means a local service other than one on which the passengers travel together on a journey, with or without breaks, from one or more places to one or more places and back

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(b) the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place—

“local service” has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1985;

The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

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In section 63(3)(b) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 for the words “road service licence” there shall be substituted the words “local service within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985”.

The Energy Act 1976

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(1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 1976 (relaxation of road traffic and transport law) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “any”, where it first occurs, to “contract carriage” there shall be substituted the words “a local service within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985 or use any public service vehicle on a road for carrying passengers for hire or reward”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(aa) without complying with the requirements of sections 6 (registration of local services outside London) and 35 (provision of local services within London under London local service licences) of the 1985 Act;

(4) In sub-paragraph (1)(c) the words “or Part III” shall be omitted and after “1981” there shall be inserted the words “or Part I or II of the Transport Act 1985”.

(5) In sub-paragraph (2), the words “section 60 of”, and the words from “general” to first “vehicles”, shall be omitted and after “1981” there shall be inserted “or Part I of the Transport Act 1985”.

The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

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In section 12 of the 1981 Act (PSV operator’s licence), for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(1) A public service vehicle shall not be used on a road for carrying passengers for hire or reward except under a PSV operator’s licence granted in accordance with the following provisions of this Part of this Act.

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In section 53(1) of that Act (payment of expenses), for the words “II or III” there shall be substituted the words “or II”.

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In section 68(4)(a) of that Act (provisions to which a defence under subsection (3) of that section applies), for the words “27(2) and 30(6) and (7)” there shall be substituted the words “and 27(2)”.

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In section 82(1) of that Act (definitions of expressions used in that Act) the definitions of the following expressions shall be omitted—

“contract carriage”;

“excursion or tour”;

“express carriage” and “express carriage service”;

“road service licence”;

“stage carriage” and “stage carriage service”; and

“trial area”;

and after the definition of “local authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

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The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

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(1) The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 7(5) (restriction on the right to appeal from road service licensing decisions of traffic commissioners in any case where the decision is certified to be necessary to secure conformity with a traffic regulation order), for the words from “traffic commissioners” to “the commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area under section 42 of the Transport Act 1985 in the case of a decision of his with respect to a London local service licence if and so far as he certifies”.

(3) In section 10—

(a) in subsection (4) (restriction on the right to appeal from road service licensing decisions of traffic commissioners in any case where the decision is certified to be necessary to secure conformity with an experimental traffic order), for the words from “traffic commissioners” to “the commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area under section 42 of the Transport Act 1985 in the case of a decision of the commissioner with respect to a London local service licence if and so far as he certifies”; and

(b) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(6) The reference in subsection (4) above to the Metropolitan Traffic Area shall be construed as if it were contained in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.

(4) In section 142(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “public service vehicle”, for the words “and ”stage carriage’ have the same meanings” there shall be substituted the words “has the same meaning”.

(5) In Schedule 9—

(a) in paragraph 13(3)(b), for the words “stage carriage” there shall be substituted the words “vehicle being used in the provision of a local service within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985”; and

(b) in paragraph 13(3)(c)(i), there shall be substituted for the words from “stage carriage”, where they first occur, to “1981” the words “local service (within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985)” and for the words “stage carriage”, where they next occur, the word “vehicle”.

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(1) Subject to any provision made by or under this Act, in any enactment or instrument passed or made before the commencement of section 1 of this Act—

(a) any reference to a stage carriage service shall be construed as a reference to a local service;

(b) any reference to an express carriage service shall be construed as a reference to any service for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward at separate fares which is neither a local service nor one provided by a vehicle to which sub-paragraph (2) below applies;

(c) any reference to a stage carriage shall be construed as a reference to a public service vehicle being used in the provision of a local service;

(d) any reference to an express carriage shall be construed as a reference to a public service vehicle being used to carry passengers for hire or reward at separate fares other than one being used in the provision of a local service; and

(e) any reference to a contract carriage shall be construed as a reference to a public service vehicle being used to carry passengers for hire or reward otherwise than at separate fares.

(2) When used in circumstances in which the conditions set out in Part III of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act are fulfilled, a public service vehicle carrying passengers at separate fares shall be treated, for the purposes of any enactment or instrument to which paragraph (d) or (e) of sub-paragraph (1) above applies, as being used to carry passengers otherwise than at separate fares.

SCHEDULE 2

Part I

PART II — Further Consequential Amendments

The Transport Act 1968

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(1) The Transport Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 96(10)(b), there shall be substituted for the words " commissioners or licensing authority "the word " commissioner " and for the words " commissioners or authority think " the words " commissioner thinks ".

(3) In section 98(3), there shall be substituted for the words " commissioners or licensing authority " in both places the word " commissioner " and for the words " commissioners or authority think " the words " commissioner thinks ".

(4) In section 99, there shall be substituted for the words " commissioners or licensing authority " in subsections (1) and (8) the word " commissioner ".

(5) In section 103(5), for the words " commissioners or licensing authority " there shall be substituted the word " commissioner ".

The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971

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(1) The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Part I of Schedule 1 (tribunals under direct supervision of the Council on Tribunals), for paragraph 30 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(30) The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14).

(3) In Part II of Schedule 1 (equivalent provision for Scotland), in paragraph 48, there shall be substituted for the word " commissioners " the word " commissioner " and for the word " their " the word "his".

The Road Traffic Act 1972

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(1) In section 113(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (licensing authority for Part IV of that Act), there shall be substituted—

(a) for the words " The person who is the chairman of the traffic commissioners" the words " The traffic commissioner "; and

(b) for the words from " including " to " duty " the words " shall exercise the function ".

(2) In section 123 of that Act there shall be substituted for the words " the traffic commissioners " the words " a traffic commissioner ".

(3) In section 124 of that Act, for the words " traffic commissioners " there shall be substituted the words " traffic commissioner ".

The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

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(1) The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 3(3), for the word "commissioners", whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word " commissioner ".

(3) In section 9(8), for the word " commissioners " there shall be substituted in both places the word " commissioner ".

(4) In section 12, there shall be substituted—

(a) for the word " commissioners ", whenever occurring, the word " commissioner " ;

(b) in subsection (3), for the words " different areas " the words. " a different area " ; and

(5) In section 14 (grant of licences)—

(a) for the word " commissioners ", whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word " commissioner ";

(b) in subsections (1) and (3), for the word " are " in each place (other than where it first occurs in subsection (3)) there shall be substituted the word " is ";

(c) in subsection (4), there shall be substituted for the word " determine " the word " determines" and for the word " they " the word " he ".

(6) In section 15, there shall be substituted—

(a) in subsection (1), for the word " commissioners " the word " commissioner " and for the word " consider" the word " considers " ;

(b) in subsection (2), for the words " Traffic commissioners" the words " A traffic commissioner ", for the word " commissioners ", in the second place where it occurs, the word " commissioner " and for the words " the commissioners "„ where they last occur, the word " him " ;

(d) in subsection (4), for the word " commissioners", where it first occurs, the word "commissioner", for the words " commissioners decide " the words " commissioner decides " and for the words " they " and " them " the words " he " and " him ".

(7) In section 16, there shall be substituted—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words " Traffic commissioners" the words " A traffic commissioner" and for the words " those commissioners " the words " that commissioner " ;

(b) in subsection (3), for the words " Traffic commissioners " the words "A traffic commissioner" and for the word " them " the word " him " and for the words " they think " the words " he thinks " ;

(c) in subsection (5), for the word "commissioners" the word " commissioner " and for the words " they think " the words " he thinks " ;

(d) in subsection (6) for the word " commissioners" in both places the word " commissioner ", for the word " their" in both places the word " his " and for the word " they" the word " he " ;

(e) in subsection (8), for the word " commissioners " the word " commissioner " and for the words " they are " the words " he is " ; and

(f) in subsection (9), for the word " commissioners" in both places the word " commissioner ".

(8) In section 17, there shall be substituted—

(a) in subsection (1), for the word " commissioners" the word " commissioner" and for the word " them" the word " him ";

(b) in subsection (2), for the word " commissioners " where it first occurs the word " commissioner " and for the words " the commissioners direct" the words " he directs " ;

(c) in subsection (4), for the words " Traffic commissioners" the words " A traffic commissioner" and for the word " them " the word " him " ; and

(d) in subsection (5), for the words " traffic commissioners decide " the words " a traffic commissioner decides" and for the words " they " and " them " the words " he " and him".

(9) In section 18(2) there shall be substituted for the words " Traffic commissioners " the words "A traffic commissioner" and for the word " commissioners" the word " commissioner ".

(10) In section 19, there shall be substituted—

(a) in subsections (1), (2) and (3), for the word " commissioners " the word " commissioner " ; and

(b) in subsection (4) for the words "Traffic commissioners" the words " A traffic commissioner ", for the word " them " in each place the word " him " and for the word " his " the words " the holder's ".

(11) In section 20, there shall be substituted—

(a) in subsection (3), for the word "commissioners'' where first occurring the word "commissioner'', for the words "those commissioners" in both places the words "that commissioner", for the word "them" in each place the word " him ", for the word " they " in both places the word " he ", for the word " him ", in both places in paragraph (a), the words " the holder " and for the word " him ", in paragraph (b), the words " the holder or former holder " ; and

(b) in subsection (6), for the word "commissioners" the word " commissioner ".

(12) In section 21, there shall be substituted—

(a) for the word " commissioners ", whenever occurring, the word " commissioner ";

(b) in subsection (2), for the words " they" and " their " the words " he " and " his " ; and

(c) in subsection (3), for the words "they are satisfied they" the words " he is satisfied he " and for the word " them " the words " the commissioner ".

(13) In section 23—

(a) in subsection (1), there shall be substituted for the words " the traffic commissioners " the words "a traffic commissioner ", and for the word " commissioners " the word " commissioner" and for the word " them" the word " him ";

(b) in subsection (2), for the word "commissioners" in both places there shall be substituted the word " commissioner ".

(14) In section 52, there shall be substituted—

(a) in subsection (1), for the word" commissioners" whenever occurring the word" commissioner";

(b) in subsection (2), for the words" The traffic commissioners" the words" A traffic commissioner"; and

(15) In section 55, for the word " commissioners " there shall be substituted the word " commissioner " and for the word " their " there shall be substituted the word " his ".

(16) In section 56, in subsection (1), there shall be substituted for the word " commissioners " the word " commissioner " and there shall be omitted the words " them or ".

(17) In section 57, for the word " commissioners", whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word " commissioner. "

(18) In section 60(1), for the words " the commissioners " there shall be substituted the words " traffic commissioners ".

(19) In section 69(1), for the words " the traffic commissioners" there shall be substituted the words " a traffic commissioner ".

(20) In section 82 (interpretation), the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place—

' traffic commissioner' means the person appointed to be the commissioner for a traffic area constituted for the purpose! of this Act;

(21) In Schedule 3 there shall be substituted—

(a) in paragraph 1, for the words "traffic commissioners" in both places the words " a traffic commissioner" and for the word "commissioners", in both places, the word " commissioner "; and

(b) in paragraphs 5 and 9, for the word " commissioners" whenever occurring the word " commissioner ".

The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

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In section 18 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, there shall be substituted—

(a) for the word " commissioners " whenever occurring the word " commissioner " ;

(b) in subsection (2), for the word " them " the word " him " ;

(c) in subsection (3), for the words " they consider" in both places the words " he considers", for the words " they decided " the words " he decided " and for the words " they should consider " the words " he should consider " ;

(d) in subsection (5), for the words " they alter " the words " he alters "; and

(e) in subsection (8), for the word "their" in both places the word " his ".

The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

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In section 38(4) and (7) of and paragraph 31(a) of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 there shall be substituted for the word " commissioners "in each place the word " commissioner ".

The London Regional Transport Act 1984

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In Schedule 5 to the London Regional Transport Act 1984, there shall be substituted—

(a) in paragraph 11(5), for the word "commissioners", where it first occurs, tie word " commissioner" and for the words " those commissioners" the words " the commissioner " ;

(b) in paragraph 11(8), for the word "commissioners", in both places, the word " commissioner " ; and

SCHEDULE 3

The Transport Act 1968

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In—

(a) sections 10, 12, 14, 15, 20 and 23 of that Act; and

(b) paragraph 11(a) of Schedule 5 to that Act;

for the word “designated” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be substituted the words “passenger transport”.

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In section 9(6) of that Act, the words “or 6” shall be omitted, and for the words “sections 20(6) and (7) and 21(5)” there shall be substituted the words “section 20(6) and (7)”.

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In section 10 of that Act (general powers of Executive)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (ii) (power to carry passengers by land, otherwise than by road, and by water), for the words from “the following distance” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “the distance of twenty-five miles from the nearest point on the boundary of that area;”; and

(ii) in paragraph (xxiii), for the words “the discharge of their duty under section 9(3) of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “their business;”; and

(b) in subsection (2) (things done by subsidiaries to count as things done by Executive for certain purposes), the words from “or with the consent” to “Act” (which refer to consents under Schedule 6 to that Act) shall be omitted.

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In section 12 of that Act (borrowing powers of Executive)—

(a) in subsection (3)(d) the words from “or by” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted; and

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) for the words “Each of the councils of constituent areas” there shall be substituted the words “The Authority for the Executive’s area”;

(ii) for the words “such a council” there shall be substituted the words “the Authority for a passenger transport area”; and

(iii) for the word “council” in each place where it occurs in paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the word “Authority”.

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For section 13 of that Act (precepting powers), as it applies to England and Wales, there shall be substituted the following section—

(13) The Authority shall have power to make grants to the Executive for any purpose.

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In section 16 of that Act (publication of annual report by Authority and Executive and prevention of improper conduct of subsidiary activities)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for the words “area designated by an order under section 9(1) of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “passenger transport area”; and

(ii) for the words “by the order aforesaid” there shall be substituted the words “by any order made, or having effect as if made, under section 9(3) of this Act”; and

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In section 24(2) of that Act (co-operation between Passenger Transport Executives and the National Bus Company and the Scottish Transport Group), for the words from the beginning to “Act” there shall be substituted the words “In the case of any area which is a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of this Act”.

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In section 54 of that Act (provisions with respect to railway closures)—

(a) in subsection (2), for the words “designated under section 9(1) thereof” there shall be substituted the words “which is a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of this Act”; and

(b) in subsection (3), for the words “an area designated as aforesaid” there shall be substituted the words “any such area as is mentioned in that subsection”.

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In section 134(1) of that Act (authorities to whom duty to act as a body engaged in a commercial enterprise applies), for the words from “designated” to “section 9(1)” there shall be substituted the words “area which is a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II”.

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In section 137 of that Act (obligation to establish machinery for negotiation and consultation with staff)—

(a) in subsection (1) (authorities to whom the section applies), for the words from “designated” to “section 9(1)” there shall be substituted the words “area which is a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II”;

(b) in subsection (3)(b), for the words from “Authority” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “Passenger Transport Authority for the passenger transport area in question (referred to below in this section as the relevant Passenger Transport Authority)”; and

(c) in subsection (4), for the words “Authority established as aforesaid” and “Authority so established” there shall be substituted the words “relevant Passenger Transport Authority”.

19

In section 141(1) of that Act (application of Town and Country Planning Acts), for the words from “designated” to “section 9(1)” there shall be substituted the words “for any area which is a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II”.

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—In section 160(5) of that Act (stamp duty not chargeable on certain instruments), for the words “established under section 9(1)” there shall be substituted the words “for any area which is a passenger transport area for the purpose of Part II”.

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(1) In Schedule 5 to that Act (constitution, etc., of Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives), Part I (which relates to Passenger Transport Authorities) shall be omitted.

(2) In Part II of that Schedule—

(a) paragraph 1 shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph 2, as it applies to England and Wales, for the words “any of the councils of constituent areas” (in each place where they occur) there shall be substituted the words “the Authority for the passenger transport area”; and

(c) in paragraph 2, as it applies to Scotland, for the word “designated” there shall be substituted the words “passenger transport”.

(3) In Part III of that Schedule the following provisions shall be omitted—

(a) paragraphs 1, 2, 3(a), 4, 5, 10, 11(c), 12, 16 and 17;

(b) in paragraphs 6, 7 and 9 the words “the Authority and” and “respectively”, in each place where they occur;

(d) in paragraph 11, the words “the Authority or” in sub-paragraph (a) and “the Authority” in sub-paragraph (b); and

(e) in paragraph 13, the words “the Authority or”, in both places where they occur, and “the Authority” where those words last occur;

and in paragraph 3(b), for “9(1)(b)” there shall be substituted “9(2)”.

The Post Office Act 1969

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The Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

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In paragraph 6(2)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (extended definition of employing authority), for the words from “established under section 9(1)” to the end there shall be substituted the words “for the purposes of Part II of the Transport Act 1968”.

The Local Government Act 1972

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The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

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In section 82 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Passenger Transport Executives and their subsidiaries)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a) the words “whose area is either the whole or part of one county” shall be omitted, and for the words “county council” there shall be substituted the words “metropolitan county passenger transport authority for the county which is coterminous with or includes that Executive’s area”; and

(ii) for the word “council” in each place where it occurs in paragraphs (b) to (d) there shall be substituted the word “authority”;

(b) subsections (2) and (3) shall be omitted; and

The Transport Act 1983

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In section 1 of the Transport Act 1983 (interpretation of Part I), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “Executive”, for the words from “an area” to “county” there shall be substituted the words “any passenger transport area (within the meaning of Part II of the Act of 1968)”.

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In section 3(3) of that Act (formulation of Executive’s financial plan may assume grants will be provided by the Authority to extent considered necessary by the Executive for discharge of certain duties), for the words “general duty under section 9(3)” there shall be substituted the words “duty under section 9A(3)”.

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The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

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In paragraph 31(b) of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (local authority to consult Passenger Transport Executive before making certain orders) for the words from “designated under section 9(1)” to the end there shall be substituted the words “which is a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of the Transport Act 1968, shall consult with the Passenger Transport Executive for that passenger transport area.”.

SCHEDULE 4

Constitution

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The Transport Tribunal (referred to in this Schedule as “the tribunal”) shall be a court of record and have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed.

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(1) The tribunal shall consist of—

(a) a president and two or more chairmen appointed by the Lord Chancellor (referred to below in this Schedule as judicial members); and

(b) two or more other members appointed by the Secretary of State.

(2) The president of the tribunal shall be—

(a) a person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 7-year basis; or

(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years’ standing.

(2A) Each chairman shall be—

(a) a person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis; or

(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 5 years’ standing.

Tenure of Office

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(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph ..., each judicial member of the tribunal shall hold office until the day on which he attains the age of 75 and shall then retire.

(2) Where the Lord Chancellor considers it desirable in the public interest to retain a judicial member in office after he reaches that age, he may from time to time authorise that member’s continuance in office until such date (not later than the date on which that member reaches seventy-five) as he thinks fit.]

(3) The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit, remove a judicial member from office on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

(3A) The Lord Chancellor may remove a judicial member from office under sub-paragraph (3) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.

(3B) The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless the judicial member who is to be removed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session.

(4) A judicial member may at any time by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor resign his office.

(5) Subject to the preceding provisions of this paragraph and to paragraph 6 below, a judicial member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor at the time of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to hold office, be eligible for reappointment.

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(1) A member of the tribunal appointed by the Secretary of State shall hold and vacate office in accordance with such terms and conditions (both as to his term of office and otherwise) as may be determined by the Secretary of State at the time of his appointment and, on ceasing to hold office, be eligible (subject to the following provisions of this paragraph) for reappointment.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, a person shall not be appointed as a member of the tribunal by the Secretary of State for a term extending beyond the end of the completed year of service in which he reaches seventy.

(3) Where the Secretary of State considers it desirable in the public interest that a person should be appointed for a term exceeding that allowed under sub-paragraph (2) above, that person may be appointed for such term, not extending beyond the date on which he reaches seventy-five, as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(4) A member appointed by the Secretary of State may at any time by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign his office.

Staff of the tribunal

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The Lord Chancellor may make available to the tribunal such staff as he considers necessary for assisting the tribunal in the proper execution of their duties.

Remuneration and expenses

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There shall be paid to the members of the tribunal such remuneration and such allowances as the Lord Chancellor may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

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Any remuneration or allowances payable under paragraph 6 above and any other expenses of the tribunal shall be met by the Lord Chancellor.

Powers and proceedings

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(1) ... The tribunal shall for the purpose of the exercise of any of their functions have full jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters whether of law or of fact.

(2) As respects—

(a) the attendance and examination of witnesses;

(b) the production and inspection of documents;

(d) the entry on and inspection of property; and

(e) other matters necessary or proper for the due exercise of their jurisdiction;

the tribunal shall have, in England and Wales, all such powers, rights and privileges as are vested in the High Court, and, in Scotland, all such powers, rights and privileges as are vested in the Court of Session.

(3) Execution may be had in England and Wales of any order of the tribunal as if it were an order of the High Court, and any order of the tribunal may be recorded for execution in the books of council and session in Scotland, and shall be enforceable accordingly.

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(1) The president or, in his absence, such one of the other judicial members as the president or (if the president is unable for any reason to exercise the power conferred on him by this sub-paragraph) the Lord Chief Justice may direct, shall preside at any sitting of the tribunal.

(1A) Before exercising his functions under sub-paragraph (1) the Lord Chief Justice must—

(a) consult the Lord Chancellor, and

(b) obtain the agreement of the Lord President of the Court of Session.

(2) The president or other judicial member presiding at a sitting of the tribunal in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) above is referred to below in this paragraph as the presiding member.

(3) If at any sitting of the tribunal the members sitting are evenly divided as to any decision, the presiding member shall have a second or casting vote; but otherwise decisions of the tribunal shall be by a majority of the members sitting.

(4) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1).

(5) The Lord President of the Court of Session may nominate a judge of the Court of Session who is a member of the First or Second Division of the Inner House of that Court to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1A)(b).

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(1) Subject to paragraph 10 above, the Lord Chancellor may from time to time make general rules governing the procedure and practice of the tribunal and generally for carrying into effect the tribunal’s duties and powers.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, rules under that sub-paragraph may provide for—

(a) the awarding of costs by the tribunal;

(b) the reference of any question to a member of the tribunal, or to any other person appointed by them, for report after holding a local inquiry;

(d) the number of members of the tribunal to constitute a quorum;

(e) enabling the tribunal to dispose of any proceedings notwithstanding that in the course of those proceedings there has been a change in the persons sitting as members of the tribunal; and

(f) the right of audience before the tribunal.

(3) Rules under sub-paragraph (1) above may also, subject to the consent of the Treasury, prescribe the scale of fees for and in connection with proceedings before the tribunal.

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(1) The Secretary of State shall give to the tribunal such assistance as the tribunal may reasonably require.

(2) The Secretary of State shall place at the disposal of the tribunal any information in his possession which he considers will be of assistance to the tribunal in connection with any matter before them, and shall be entitled to appear and be heard in any proceedings before the tribunal.

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below and to any rules made under paragraph 11 above, the tribunal may sit in any part of Great Britain in such place or places as may be convenient for the determination of the proceedings before them.

(2) An appeal from a determination of any traffic commissioner in relation to a traffic area in Scotland shall be heard in Scotland.

Appeals

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, an appeal shall lie in accordance with rules made by the Lord Chancellor from the tribunal to the Court of Appeal or to the Court of Session.

(2) No appeal shall lie from the tribunal upon a question of fact or locus standi.

(3) An appeal shall not be brought except in conformity with such rules of court as may from time to time be made in relation to such appeals by the authority having power to make rules of court for the Court of Appeal or the Court of Session (as the case may be).

(4) On the hearing of an appeal the Court of Appeal and the Court of Session may draw all such inferences as are not inconsistent with the facts expressly found and are necessary for determining the question of law, and may make any order which the tribunal could have made, and also any such further or other order as may be just.

(5) The costs of and incidental to an appeal shall be at the discretion of the Court, but neither the tribunal nor any member of the tribunal shall be liable to any costs by reason or in respect of any appeal.

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