Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

27(1)The Road Traffic Act 1930 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 101(2)(d) (limitation on power to run public service vehicles), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”.

(3)In section 119(3) (power of local highway authority to borrow for purposes related to running public service vehicles)—

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(b)the words “for the purpose of the payment of the consideration for a transfer under section fifty-three of this Act or” shall cease to have effect; and

(c)at the end there shall be added the words “of this Act”.

(4)In section 121 (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(b)in subsection (1A), for the words “Road Traffic Act 1960” there shall be substituted the words “Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981”.

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