London Regional Transport Act 1984

Carriage and storage

1 (1) London Regional Transport may carry passengers by any form of land or water transport (including in either case hovercraft) within, to or from Greater London.

(2) London Regional Transport may carry passengers as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above between places outside Greater London, hi so far as they consider it requisite to do so—

(a) in connection with the exercise of their powers under that sub-paragraph ; or

(b) in order to avoid an interruption of services provided by the Executive before the appointed day in exercise of their powers under section 6(1)(b)(ii) of the 1969 Act (provision of services outside Greater London to avoid interruption of services formerly provided by the London Board).

(3) London Regional Transport may also carry luggage and other goods, but only in any vehicle or vessel used for the carriage of passengers in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above or in another vehicle drawn by or with, or propelled with, any vehicle so used.

2 (1) London Regional Transport may enter into arrangements with any person providing passenger transport services by air for the provision of such services between places in Greater London or between such places and places outside Greater London.

(2) Without prejudice to their powers under section 3 of this Act, London Regional Transport may enter into arrangements with any person operating a business of providing passenger vehicles for hire (whether with or without the services of a driver, and whether under private hire arrangements or by way of plying for public hire), for that person to make passenger vehicles operated by him available for hire, or for use in accordance with the arrangements, on such terms and in such manner as may be provided for by the arrangements, in or between places in Greater London or between such places and places outside Greater London.

(3) Any arrangements under this paragraph may include provision for the making of payments by London Regional Transport to the other party to the arrangements.

3 London Regional Transport may store within Greater London or in any premises of theirs outside Greater London goods which have been or are to be carried by London Regional Transport or a subsidiary of theirs and, so far as any premises provided for the purposes of that or any other part of their business are not required for those purposes, may use those premises to provide facilities for the storage of other goods.