SCHEDULE 6 Transitional Provisions and Savings
London local service licences
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(1)
A road service licence which—
(a)
is in force immediately before section 35 of this Act comes into force; and
(b)
applies to a service which on the coming into force of section 35 is a London local service;
shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a London local service licence granted under Part II (and, if granted under section 35 or 35A of the 1981 Act, as granted under section 39 of this Act).
(2)
Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the terms and conditions applicable to any such licence shall be those applicable to it immediately before section 35 of this Act comes into force.
(3)
Section 41 of this Act shall apply to any such licence as if it had been granted for a period ending with the date on which it would have expired under section 37 of the 1981 Act; and any condition attached to the licence under section 33 of that Act (conditions as to fares) shall cease to have effect.
(4)
In this paragraph and paragraph 17 below “road service licence” means a road service licence under Part III of the 1981 Act.