Transport Act 1985

London local service licences E+W+S

16 (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.

17 In relation to a London local service—

(a) any application for a road service licence in respect of that service made under section 31 of the 1981 Act and not determined before the date on which section 35 of this Act comes into force shall be treated as an application for a London local service licence made under section 37 of this Act;

(b) any decision of the metropolitan traffic commissioners or (as the case may be) of the Secretary of State under any provision of the 1981 Act with respect to—

(i) the grant, revocation or suspension of a road service licence in respect of that service; or

(ii) the attachment of any condition to such a road service licence or the variation or renewal of any condition attached to such a road service licence;

shall be treated as made in relation to a London local service licence in respect of that service by the metropolitan traffic commissioner or (as the case may be) by the Secretary of State under the corresponding provision of Part II of this Act; and

(c) any appeal or other proceeding pending under the 1981 Act with respect to any such decision may be proceeded with under the corresponding provision of Part II of this Act.

18 In so far as any regulations in force immediately before sections 31 and 42 of this Act come into force then have effect as if made under section 50(9) of the 1981 Act (procedure on appeals under that section) with respect to appeals under any of the provisions of subsections (1) to (5) and (7) of that section, those regulations shall have effect as if made under section 42(10) of this Act with respect to appeals under the corresponding provision of that section.