(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the purpose of enabling any company or other body corporate which has one or more subsidiaries to hold an operator’s licence under which the vehicles authorised to be used consist of or include vehicles belonging to or in the possession of any of its subsidiaries.
(2)Regulations under this section may—
(a)modify or supplement any of the provisions of this Act, other than the excepted provisions, so far as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient for or in connection with the purpose mentioned in subsection (1), and
(b)may contain such other supplementary and incidental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be requisite.
(3)In this Act “the excepted provisions” means the following provisions (which are provisions that reproduce the effect of provisions of the [S.I. 1984/176.] Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) Regulations 1984), namely—
(a)sections 3, 4, 9(2) and (3)(b), 13(3), 15(5) and (6), 20, 22(2) to (5), 27 and 49;
(b)in section 58, in subsection (1), the definitions of “international transport operations”, “national transport operations”, “road transport undertaking” and “transport manager”, and subsection (4); and
(c)Schedule 3.