3.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1968 Act” means the Transport Act 1968(1);
“the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
“the 1983 Order” means the Traffic Areas (Reorganisation) (No. 2) Order 1983;
“new area” and “transferred area” shall be construed in accordance with article 4(6);
“goods vehicle operator’s licence” means an operator’s licence within the meaning of section 60(1) of the 1968 Act;
“operating centre”, in relation to a goods vehicle operator’s licence, has the meaning given by section 92 of the 1968 Act and, in relation to a PSV operator’s licence has the meaning given by section 82 of the 1981 Act;
“reorganisation date” has the meaning given by article 4;
“PSV operator’s licence” has the meaning given by section 82(1) of the 1981 Act.
(2) In this Order, a reference to a traffic commissioner for an area, in relation to anything done before section 3 of the Transport Act 1985(2) came into force, includes a reference to the traffic commissioners or the chairman of the traffic commissioners for the area (as appropriate).
(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to—
(a)a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order;
(b)a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the article in which it appears.
1968 c. 73; section 59 was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67); sections 60(4) and 71(6) were amended by the Road Traffic Acts 1960 and 1972, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 and Transport Act 1968 (Metrication) Regulations 1981 (S. 1. 1981/1373); sections 67(2) and 69(4) were amended by Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1974 (c. 50); sections 69C(2), 69D(3), 69E(I), 69G(2) and (3) were added by Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49); sections 71(6), 85(1), 86, 89(1) and 91(1) and (2) were amended by Part II of Schedule 9 to the Transport Act 1980 (c. 34).