3(1)Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 1976 (relaxation of road traffic and transport law) shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(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”.