The Transport Act 1985 (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers and Exemption for Councils Running Small Bus Undertakings) Order 1985

• Citation: S.I. 1985/1902
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1985 (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers and Exemption for Councils Running Small Bus Undertakings) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 6th January 1986.

Section 2

The period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending with 25th October 1986 is specified as the primary period for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 66, being the period at the end of which subsection (1) of that section of the Act shall have effect in relation to the councils to whom this Order applies.

Section 3

The period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending with 1st April 1986 is specified as the preparatory period for the purposes of subsection (4) of section 66, being the period before the end of which the councils to whom this Order applies are to comply with such of the requirements of sections 67 to 69 of the Act as are applicable to them.

Section 4

Articles 2 and 3 of this Order apply to the non-metropolitan district councils in England and Wales specified in Parts I and III respectively of the Schedule to this Order and to the regional councils in Scotland specified in Part II of that Schedule, being councils operating bus undertakings at the time when section 66 of the Act came into force and who are not for the time being exempt by virtue of section 71 of the Act from subsection (1) of section 66.

Section 5

The specified number for the purposes of subsection (1) of section 71 of the Act is ten.