2(1)In section 67 of the 1962 Act (byelaws for railways and railway shipping services)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words from first " and " to " may each " there shall be substituted the word " may " and in paragraph (e) for the word " Boards " there shall be substituted the word " Board " ;
(b)after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)London Regional Transport shall have the like power to make byelaws as is conferred on the Railways Board by subsections (1) and (2) of this section (taking the reference in subsection (2) to ships as including hovercraft within the meaning of the [1968 c. 59.] Hovercraft Act 1968); and accordingly, references in this section, as it applies to London Regional Transport, to "a Board" or "the Board " shall be read as references to London Regional Transport.”; and
(c)in subsections (15) and (16), for the references to the Executive substituted by paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1969 Act for express references to the London Board there shall be substituted references to London Regional Transport.
(2)In paragraph 4 of Schedule 16 to the 1968 Act (which extends the power to make byelaws under section 67 of the 1962 Act), for sub-paragraph (5) (extension as to premises, etc., of subsidiaries) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(5)For the purposes of the said section 67, railways, railway premises, or officers and servants of, or ships (or hovercraft) operated by, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Railways Board or the Scottish Group or any subsidiary of London Regional Transport shall be deemed to be railways, railway premises, or officers and servants of, or ships (or hovercraft) operated by, that Board or Group or (as the case may be) by London Regional Transport.”.
(3)In section 24(2) of the [1975 c. xxxi.] London Transport Act 1975, for the words " the Executive " there shall be substituted the words " London Regional Transport ".