(1)On such day as may be appointed under subsection (2) below, regulations made, or having effect as if made, under sections 24, 25, 26 or 60 (1) (j) or (k) of the [1981 c. 14.] Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall have effect as if the tramcars used on the LRT system were public service vehicles used in the provision of a local service within the meaning of the [1985 c. 67.] Transport Act 1985.
(2)(a)The undertakers may by resolution appoint a day for the purpose of any regulation mentioned in subsection (1) above, the day so appointed being fixed in accordance with paragraph (b) below.
(b)The undertakers shall publish in a newspaper circulating in their area, notice—
(i)of the passing of any such resolution and of the day fixed thereby; and
(ii)of the general effect of the enactments for the purposes of which the day has been fixed;
and the day so fixed shall not be earlier than the expiration of 28 days from the date of the publication of the notice.
(c)A photostatic or other reproduction certified by the secretary of the undertakers to be a true reproduction of a page, or part of a page, of any newspaper bearing the date of its publication and containing the notice mentioned in paragraph (b) above shall be evidence of the publication of the notice and of the date of publication.