The Transport Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force on 6th January 1986 the provisions of the Transport Act 1985 listed in the Schedule (including its Appendix) to the Order, and also brings section 107 (which relates to grants for services for disabled people in London) into force on 1st April 1986.

The provisions being brought into force on 6th January 1986 include those relating to—

(1)

the definition of “local service”, and the replacement of other definitions in other enactments;

(2)

the replacement of a body of three traffic commissioners for each traffic area by a single traffic commissioner for each such area;

(3)

the use of taxis in providing local services;

(4)

the transfer of the undertaking of the National Bus Company to the private sector;

(5)

the reorganisation of local passenger transport services outside London;

(6)

expenditure on public passenger transport services, including service subsidies;

(7)

the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; and

(8)

the transitional period, commencing on 6th January 1986 and ending on 25th October 1986, during which preparations will be made for the abolition of road service licensing outside London.

The Order also includes transitional provisions relating to—

(a)

the substitution of one traffic commissioner for the existing body of three commissioners for each traffic area;

(b)

the conversion of the present deputies to the chairmen of traffic commissioners into deputies to the single traffic commissioners;

(c)

the first report of the single traffic commissioner for each traffic area, which will cover the period since the last report of the traffic commissioners for the area; and

(d)

minor modifications of provisions of the Transport Act 1985 for the period when the provisions in question are only partially in operation.