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(1)Section 4 of the PPVA 1981 (traffic commissioners) is amended as follows.

(2)For subsections (1) and (2) (commissioner to be appointed for each traffic area etc) substitute—

(1)For the purposes of this Act there shall be—

(a)such number of commissioners for England and Wales as the Secretary of State may consider appropriate; and

(b)a single commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area (the “Scottish traffic commissioner”).

(2)The commissioners shall be appointed by the Secretary of State and shall be known as traffic commissioners..

(3)In subsection (3) (function of issuing licences) for “The traffic commissioner for each traffic area” substitute “ A traffic commissioner ”.

(4)After subsection (3) insert—

(3A)A traffic commissioner for England and Wales—

(a)may exercise the functions of a traffic commissioner in any traffic area in England and Wales; and

(b)may exercise in relation to the Scottish Traffic Area any functions of a traffic commissioner that relate to reserved matters within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998.

(3B)The Scottish traffic commissioner—

(a)is to exercise the functions of a traffic commissioner in relation to the Scottish Traffic Area; and

(b)may exercise in relation to any traffic area in England and Wales any functions of a traffic commissioner that relate to reserved matters within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998..

(5)In subsection (4) (terms of office) in the opening words, for “the traffic commissioner for a traffic area” substitute “ a traffic commissioner ”.

(6)In subsection (5) (declaration of certain financial interests before appointment) for “the traffic commissioner for a traffic area” substitute “ a traffic commissioner ”.

(7)In section 82(1) of the PPVA 1981 (general definitions) insert at the appropriate place—

the Scottish traffic commissioner” is to be read in accordance with section 4(1)(b) (the traffic commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area);.

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