
1 
This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 1985 (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers and Exemption for Councils Running Small Bus Undertakings) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 6th January 1986.
2 
The period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending with 25th October 1986 is specified as the primary period for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 66, being the period at the end of which subsection (1) of that section of the Act shall have effect in relation to the councils to whom this Order applies.
3 
The period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending with 1st April 1986 is specified as the preparatory period for the purposes of subsection (4) of section 66, being the period before the end of which the councils to whom this Order applies are to comply with such of the requirements of sections 67 to 69 of the Act as are applicable to them.
4 
Articles 2 and 3 of this Order apply to the non-metropolitan district councils in England and Wales specified in Parts I and III respectively of the Schedule to this Order and to the regional councils in Scotland specified in Part II of that Schedule, being councils operating bus undertakings at the time when section 66 of the Act came into force and who are not for the time being exempt by virtue of section 71 of the Act from subsection (1) of section 66.
5 
The specified number for the purposes of subsection (1) of section 71 of the Act is ten.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for Transport
5th December 1985George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
5th December 1985Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
5th December 1985
SCHEDULE
Article 4
PART I

 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council
 Blackburn Borough Council
 Blackpool Borough Council
 Bournemouth Borough Council
 Brighton Borough Council
 Burnley Borough Council
 Chester City Council
 Chesterfield Borough Council
 Cleethorpes Borough Council
 Colchester Borough Council
 Darlington Borough Council
 Derby City Council
 Eastbourne Borough Council
 Fylde Borough Council
 Great Yarmouth Borough Council
 Great Grimsby Borough Council
 Halton Borough Council
 Hartlepool Borough Council
 Hyndburn Borough Council
 Ipswich Borough Council
 Kingston Upon Hull City Council
 Lancaster City Council
 Langbaurgh Borough Council
 Leicester City Council
 Lincoln City Council
 Maidstone Borough Council
 Middlesbrough Borough Council
 Northampton Borough Council
 Nottingham City Council
 Pendle Borough Council
 Plymouth City Council
 Portsmouth City Council
 Preston Borough Council
 Reading Borough Council
 Rossendale Borough Council
 Southampton City Council
 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
 Thamesdown Borough Council
 Warrington Borough Council
 York City Council

PART II

 Grampian Regional Council
 Lothian Regional Council
 Tayside Regional Council

PART III

 Aberconwy Borough Council
 Cardiff City Council
 Cynon Valley Borough Council
 Islwyn Borough Council
 Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
 Newport Borough Council
 Rhymney Valley District Council
 Taff-Ely Borough Council
