4In deciding whether to grant a special authorisation or whether to exercise their discretion to revoke such an authorisation the local authority concerned shall, in particular, have regard to the fitness for use in pursuance of the authorisation of any vehicle which is to be or is a specified vehicle, and to the suitability of the persons who will be or are using any such vehicle in pursuance of the authorisation.
5(1)The local authority granting a special authorisation may attach to it such conditions as they think fit with respect to all or any of the following matters—
(a)the persons by whom the specified vehicle or vehicles may be used in pursuance of the authorisation;
(b)the routes on which the specified vehicle or vehicles are to be used in pursuance of the authorisation;
(c)the timetables to be observed with respect to specified journeys;
(d)the advertisement of services provided by means of any specified vehicle;
(e)the points at which passengers may be taken up or set down ;
(f)the rates of payment to be charged to passengers ;
(g)any other matter which appears to the authority to be appropriate having regard to local circumstances.
(2)Paragraph 13 below applies in relation to the grant of a special authorisation.
6(1)The local authority concerned—
(a)may by notice in writing given to the specified person vary the conditions attached to a special authorisation under paragraph 5 above, either on the initiative of the authority or on an application in that behalf made to them by the specified person; and
(b)if so directed by the Secretary of State, shall so vary those conditions in accordance with the direction.
(2)The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1)(a) above shall be exercised only with the approval of the Secretary of State given either for the particular exercise of it in question or generally for cases of a class or description into which that exercise of it falls.
(3)If the local authority concerned fails to comply with a direction of the Secretary of State requiring them to vary the conditions attached to a special authorisation under paragraph 5 above, the Secretary of State may himself by notice in writing given to the specified person vary those conditions.
7A special authorisation shall not be transferable.