The Traffic Areas (Reorganisation) Order 1990

Interpretation

3.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1968 Act” means the Transport Act 1968(1);

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

“the 1983 Order” means the Traffic Areas (Reorganisation) (No. 2) Order 1983;

“new area” and “transferred area” shall be construed in accordance with article 4(6);

“goods vehicle operator’s licence” means an operator’s licence within the meaning of section 60(1) of the 1968 Act;

“operating centre”, in relation to a goods vehicle operator’s licence, has the meaning given by section 92 of the 1968 Act and, in relation to a PSV operator’s licence has the meaning given by section 82 of the 1981 Act;

“reorganisation date” has the meaning given by article 4;

“PSV operator’s licence” has the meaning given by section 82(1) of the 1981 Act.

(2) In this Order, a reference to a traffic commissioner for an area, in relation to anything done before section 3 of the Transport Act 1985(2) came into force, includes a reference to the traffic commissioners or the chairman of the traffic commissioners for the area (as appropriate).

(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to—

(a) a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order;

(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the article in which it appears.

(1)

1968 c. 73; section 59 was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67); sections 60(4) and 71(6) were amended by the Road Traffic Acts 1960 and 1972, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 and Transport Act 1968 (Metrication) Regulations 1981 (S. 1. 1981/1373); sections 67(2) and 69(4) were amended by Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1974 (c. 50); sections 69C(2), 69D(3), 69E(I), 69G(2) and (3) were added by Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49); sections 71(6), 85(1), 86, 89(1) and 91(1) and (2) were amended by Part II of Schedule 9 to the Transport Act 1980 (c. 34).

(2)

1985 c. 67.