
1 
This Order may be cited as the Transport
Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985.
2 
In this Order—
 “the 1981 Act”
means the 
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
and
 “the 1985 Act”
means the Transport Act
1985.
3 

(1) The provisions of the 1985 Act specified
in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters
specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into operation
on 6th January 1986 subject to the limitations (if any) specified in the third
column of the Schedule.
(2) Section
107 of the 1985 Act (which relates to grants
for services for disabled people in London) shall come into operation on 1st
April 1986.
4 
Until the repeal of 
section 42 of the 1981 Act, 
section 2(4)(b) of the 1985 Act shall be amended
by the addition at the end of the words—“
or under section
42 of the 1981 Act.
”.
5 

(1) Subject to any provisions made under
the 1981 Act or by or under the 1985 Act, any reference in any enactment or
instrument passed or made before 30th October 1985 to the traffic commissioners
for a traffic area shall be construed as a reference to the traffic commissioner
for that area, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Subject to any such provisions, in relation
to any application made, thing done or proceedings pending before 6th January
1986 relating to the traffic commissioners for a traffic area, any such enactment
or instrument shall apply as if that application had been made, thing had
been done, or proceedings were pending in relation to the traffic commissioner
for that traffic area.
6 
Any application for a road service
licence under Part III
of the 1981 Act or for a variation of any condition attached to such a licence
received by the traffic commissioners for a traffic area before 6th January
1986 but not disposed of before that date (including the disposal of any related
appeal) shall be dealt with as if the 1981 Act were not modified by paragraphs 2 to 5 of Schedule 6
to the 1985 Act.
7 
Any person who on 5th January 1986
was a deputy to the chairman of the traffic commissioners for any traffic
area shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Secretary of State under 
paragraph 3 (if his appointment was under 
paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Act) or 
paragraph 4 (if his appointment was under 
paragraph 5 of that Schedule) of Schedule
2 to the 1981 Act as substituted by 
section 3 of the 1985 Act as the deputy to
the traffic commissioner for that area on the same terms and conditions as
those on which he was appointed as deputy to the chairman of the traffic commissioners.

8 
The first report under 
section 55 of the 1981 Act of the traffic commissioner
for a traffic area shall relate to the period subsequent to that covered by
the last such report of the traffic commissioners as then constituted for
that traffic area and shall include such particulars of the proceedings of
such traffic commissioners as the Secretary of State may direct.
9 
Until 26th October 1986—
(1) section
89(6)(b) of the 1985 Act shall have effect
as if it read as follows—“
(b) a road service licence
in respect of, or a consent to the operation of, a community bus service granted
under section 45
of the 1981 Act or a permit under section 22
 of this Act.”;
(2) in section
110(2), the definition of bus service contained
in section 92(8)
of the Finance Act 1965 shall be amended by the substitution
for paragraphs (a) and 
(b) of the following—“
(a) provided under a road
service licence granted under Part III
of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
or

(b) exempted from requiring a road
service licence by section 43
of the London Regional Transport Act 1984;
or

(c) provided in a trial area as defined
in section 38 of the 
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and in respect
of which the requirements of section 40
of that Act have been satisfied;”.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for Transport
5th December 1985
APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE

Chapter Short title 
Extent of repeal

1930 c. 43. 
The Road Traffic Act 1930.
 In section
101(2), paragraph (a).
In section 121(1A),
the words “contract carriages”.
1962 c. 46.
 The Transport
Act 1962. 
In section 4, in 
subsection (1)(a), the word “and”
 immediately following sub-paragraph
(ii), sub-paragraph (iii)
and the words “and passengers”, 
sub-section (5), and in subsection
(6) the words “or passengers”
.In section 92
, the definition of the following expressions—
“contract carriage”; 
“express carriage”; and “stage carriage”
.

1965 c. 25. 
The Finance Act 1965.
 In section
92(1), the words “any bus service”
.

1968 c. 73. 
The Transport Act 1968.
 In section
9, in subsection (6)
the words “or 6”, and 
subsection (7).In 
section 10(2), the words from “or
with the consent” to “Act”.Section 11(1),
as it applies to England and Wales.In 
section 12(3)(d), the words from “or
by” to the end of the paragraph.In 
section 14(3), as it applies to Scotland, the
words “for the designated area”.
In section 15, 
subsection (1)(a), in subsection (2)(a)
 the words from “or provided by”
 to “Act”, 
subsection (3) and—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, the words in 
subsection (2) following paragraph
(b) and subsection (4);
and(b) in relation to Scotland, the words in 
subsection (2) from “and, in the
case” to the end.
Section 15A(1).In 
section 16(2), the words from “and
if” to “would not”.Sections 17 to 19.In section 20, 
subsection (1), in subsection (2)
the words “to which this section applies” and in 
paragraph (a) the words “review
as soon as may be, and subsequently”, and 
subsection (8).
Section 21.In 
section 22, in subsections (1)
and (2) the words 
“or regulations”, and 
subsections (3) to (6).
Section 24(3).
Section 29(4).In 
section 34(1) as it applies to England and
Wales, the words “bus service or”.In section 34,
as it applies to Scotland, subsection (1)
and, in subsection (3),
the words “(1) or”.
Section 36.In 
section 54, in subsection (5)(d)
the words from “and to the Bus Company” to 
“Scottish Group”, and in the words following 
paragraph (d) the words from “or,
where” to “jointly” and the words
from “or, as the case may be” to the end, and 
subsection (6).
Section 59(3).
Section 90.In 
section 103(1), the definition of “licensing
authority”.In 
section 159(1), the definitions of the following
expressions—“area bus service”
; “excursion or tour”; “express
carriage” and “stage carriage”; and 
“road service licence”.In 
Schedule 5—
Part I;in 
Part II, paragraph 1; and
in Part III—
paragraphs 1, 
2, 3(a), 
4, 5, 
10, 11(c), 
12, 16 and 
17;in 
paragraphs 6, 7
and 9, the words 
“the Authority and” and “respectively”
 in each place where they occur;in 
paragraph 8, the words “the Authority
or” and “the chairman of the Authority or, as the
case may be”;in 
paragraph 11, in sub-paragraph (a)
, the words “the Authority or”
 and in sub-paragraph (b),
the words “the Authority”; and
in paragraph 13,
the words “the Authority or”, in both places where
they occur, and “the Authority” where those words
last occur.Schedule 6
.

1969 c. 48. 
The Post Office Act 1969.
 In section
7(1A)(f), the words from “above”
 to the end.

1972 c. 70. 
The Local Government Act 1972.
 Section
80(4).In 
section 202, subsections (1)
and (4) to (7).
In Schedule 24, Part II
.

1973 c. 65. 
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
 Section
151.In Schedule 18, paragraphs 1(a) to (d) and 
(f), 7(c), 
10, 11 and 
21(1).
1974 c. 7.
 The Local
Government Act 1974. In Schedule 6, paragraph 22(7).


1976 c. 76. 
The Energy Act 1976.
 In Schedule
1, in paragraph 1(2)
the words “section 60
of” and the words from “general”
to first “vehicles”.
1978 c. 55.
 The Transport
Act 1978. Sections 1 to 4.
1980 c. 34.
 The Transport
Act 1980. 
In Schedule 5, in 
Part II, the paragraph amending the 
Transport Act 1968.
1980 c. 65.
 The Local
Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. In section 4(4)(e)
, the words from “established”
 to the end.In 
section 82, in subsection (1)(a)
the words “whose area is either the whole or part of one county”
 and subsections (2)
and (3).
1981 c. 14.
 The Public
Passenger Vehicles Act 1981. In section 1,
in subsection (3) the word 
“II” and in subsection (5)
 the words “
section 2”.
Section 2.
Section 28.In 
section 46, in subsection (1)(b)
the word “bus” (where it occurs in “local
bus service”), and in subsection
(3) the definition of “local bus
service”.In 
section 53(1), the word “the”
 before the words “traffic commissioners”.
In section 56,
in subsection (1) the words 
“them or” and subsection
(2).In 
section 60—in 
subsection (1), the words from “for
any purpose” to “generally”, the
words from “and regulations under this section”
to the end, and in paragraph (h)
the words “or, as the case may be, the commissioner of police
of the metropolis”; and
subsection (3).In 
section 61(2), the words “
section 59 or 60
of”.Section
62.
Section 81(2).In 
section 82(1), the definitions of the following
expressions—“contract carriage”
;“express carriage”
and “express carriage service”;
“stage carriage” and “stage carriage service”
.In section 83
, in subsection (1)
the words “stage carriage”, “express
carriage” or “contract carriage”,
and subsection (2).
In Schedule 1, paragraphs
3 and 4.


1982 c. 49. 
The Transport Act 1982.
 Sections
4 and 5.
In section 73(4),
the words “5(5) or”.
1983 c. 10.
 The Transport
Act 1983. 
Section 9(2).
1984 c. 27.
 The Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984. In Schedule 13, paragraph 49
.

1984 c 32. 
The London Regional Transport Act 1984.
 In section
28, in subsection (1) 
paragraph (d) and the word “or”
 immediately preceding it, and in subsection
(2) the words “and the council
of any district”.In 
Schedule 6, paragraphs 3 and 6.

SCHEDULE


Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions Limitations on Commencement

Section 1(3). 
Consequential amendments. To the extent
necessary for the bringing into force of the provisions of 
Schedule 1 brought into force by this Order.


Section 2. 
Meaning of “local service”.
Sections 3–5.
 Traffic commissioners. In relation to section 4,
to the extent necessary to replace section 54
 of the 1981 Act with 
subsections (1) and (2)
only of the new section 54.


Sections 12 and 13.
 Use of taxis in providing local services
and supplementary provisions. In relation
to section 13,
to the extent that it supplements section 12
.

Section 16. 
Taxi licensing: control of numbers.
Section 29.
 Duty to give Secretary of State information
about certain matters.

Section 30. 
Plying for hire by large public service vehicles.
Section 32.
 Repeals of 
section 28, 47
and 48 of the 1981 Act.
 To the extent that this section relates
to section 28
of the 1981 Act.

Section 34. 
London local services.
Section 47–56. The National Bus Company.
Sections 57, 59–84 and 87.
 Local Passenger Transport Services.
 In relation to 
section 57(6), to the extent it relates to
the provisions of Schedule 3
brought into force by this Order.
Section 88–92. Expenditure on public passenger transport services.


Section 106. 
Grants for transport facilities and services.
Section 110.
 Grants towards duty charged on bus fuel.


Section 112. 
Interpretation of Part V.


Section 113. 
Repeal of section 24(3) of
the Transport Act 1968.

Sections 118–124. Road passenger transport services in place of railway
services.

Section 125. 
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee.
Section 127(3)–(7)
 Offences
and legal proceedings. In relation to 
sub-section (4) to the extent it relates to 
section 30(2) only.
Section 128.
 Supplementary provisions.

Sections 129–139. General supplementary provisions. In relation to sub-sections (1), 
(2) and (3) of section 139,
to the extent that these subsections relate to the provisions of 
Schedules 6, 7
and 8 respectively brought
into force by this order.
Schedule 1, paragraphs 1–6 (except 
paragraph 3(3)), 12–14
, 15(1), 
(4) and (5) and 
16. Amendments
consequential on the abolition of road service licensing. In relation to paragraph 3(4)
, except the omission of the words 
“or Part III”
; and in relation to paragraph 13,
except the omission of the definitions of “excursion or tour”
, “road service licence”, and “trial
area”.

Schedule 2. 
Amendments consequential on section 3.


Schedule 3, except for paragraphs 8
 and 26.
 Amendments consequential on 
section 57. 
In relation to paragraph 24,
to the extent that it relates to subsections
(1) and (4)–(7)
 of section 202
of the Local Government Act 1972.


Schedule 5. 
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee.
Schedule
6, paragraphs 1–11, 13, 
15, 19–21
and 26. Transitional provisions and savings.
Schedule 7, paragraphs
1, 4, 
6, 10–14, 
18, 20, 
21(1), (4), (6)–(8) and (12)
 and 23.
 Minor and consequential amendments.
 In relation to 
paragraph 21(4), except that the words 
“subsection (1A)
below and” shall be omitted from the insertion.
Schedule
8. Repeals.
 To the extent that it relates to the
repeals set out in the Appendix to this Schedule.