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The M1Transport Act 1968E+W+S

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1(1)The Transport Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In section 96(10)(b), there shall be substituted for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” the word “commissioner” and for the words “commissioners or authority think” the words “commissioner thinks”.

(3)In section 98(3), there shall be substituted for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” in both places the word “commissioner” and for the words “commissioners or authority think” the words “commissioner thinks”.

(4)In section 99, there shall be substituted for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” in subsections (1) and (8) the word “commissioner”.

(5)In section 103(5), for the words “commissioners or licensing authority” there shall be substituted the word “commissioner”.

The M2Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971E+W+S

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The M3Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981E+W+S

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4(1)The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In section 3(3), for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “commissioner”.

F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In section 12, there shall be substituted—

(a)for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, the word “commissioner”;

(b)in subsection (3), for the words “different areas” the words “a different area”; and

(c)in subsection (4), for the word “they” the word “he”.

(5)In section 14 (grant of licences)—

(a)for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “commissioner”;

(b)in subsections (1) and (3), for the word “are” in each place (other than where it first occurs in subsection (3)) there shall be substituted the word “is”;

(c)in subsection (4), there shall be substituted for the word “determine” the word “determines” and for the word “they” the word “he”.

F4(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)In section 16, there shall be substituted—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner” and for the words “those commissioners” the words “that commissioner”;

(b)in subsection (3), for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner” and for the word “them” the word “him” and for the words “they think” the words “he thinks”;

(c)in subsection (5), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and for the words “they think” the words “he thinks”;

(d)in subsection (6) for the word “commissioners” in both places the word “commissioner”, for the word “their” in both places the word “his” and for the word “they” the word “he”;

(e)in subsection (8), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and for the words “they are” the words “he is”; and

(f)in subsection (9), for the word “commissioners” in both places the word “commissioner”.

(8)In section 17, there shall be substituted—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and for the word “them” the word “him”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “commissioners” where it first occurs the word “commissioner” and for the words “the commissioners direct” the words “he directs”;

(c)in subsection (4), for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner” and for the word “them” the word “him”; and

(d)in subsection (5), for the words “traffic commissioners decide” the words “a traffic commissioner decides” and for the words “they” and “them” the words “he” and “him”.

F4(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10)In section 19, there shall be substituted—

(a)in subsections (1), (2) and (3), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner”; and

(b)in subsection (4) for the words “Traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner”, for the word “them” in each place the word “him” and for the word “his” the words “the holder’s”.

(11)In section 20, there shall be substituted—

(a)in subsection (3), for the word “commissioners” where first occurring the word “commissioner”, for the words “those commissioners” in both places the words “that commissioner”, for the word “them” in each place the word “him”, for the word “they” in both places the word “he”, for the word “him”, in both places in paragraph (a), the words “the holder” and for the word “him”, in paragraph (b), the words “the holder or former holder”; and

F3[0(b)in subsection (6), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner”.]

(12)In section 21, there shall be substituted—

(a)for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, the word “commissioner”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “they” and “their” the words “he” and “his”; and

(c)in subsection (3), for the words “they are satisfied they” the words “he is satisfied he” and for the word “them” the words “the commissioner”.

(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(14)In section 52, there shall be substituted—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “commissioners” whenever occurring the word “commissioner”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “The traffic commissioners” the words “A traffic commissioner”; and

(c)in subsection (3), for the words “the traffic commissioner” the words “a traffic commissioner”.

(15)In section 55, for the word “commissioners” there shall be substituted the word “commissioner” and for the word “their” there shall be substituted the word “his”.

(16)In section 56, in subsection (1), there shall be substituted for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner” and there shall be omitted the words “them or”.

(17)In section 57, for the word “commissioners”, whenever occurring, there shall be substituted the word “commissioner.”

(18)In section 60(1), for the words “the commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “traffic commissioners”.

(19)In section 69(1), for the words “the traffic commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “a traffic commissioner”.

(20)In section 82 (interpretation), the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place—

“”traffic commissioner’ means the person appointed to be the commissioner for a traffic area constituted for the purposes of this Act;”

(21)In Schedule 3 there shall be substituted—

(a)in paragraph 1, for the words “traffic commissioners” in both places the words “a traffic commissioner” and for the word “commissioners”, in both places, the word “commissioner”; and

(b)in paragraphs 5 and 9, for the word “commissioners” whenever occurring the word “commissioner”.

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F4Sch. 2 para. 4(6)(9) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 81, 82(4), Sch. 17; 1995/2835, art. 2

The M4Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982E+W+S

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5In section 18 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, there shall be substituted—E+W+S

(a)for the word “commissioners” whenever occurring the word “commissioner”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “them” the word “him”;

(c)in subsection (3), for the words “they consider” in both places the words “he considers”, for the words “they decided” the words “he decided” and for the words “they should consider” the words “he should consider”;

(d)in subsection (5), for the words “they alter” the words “he alters”; and

(e)in subsection (8), for the word “their” in both places the word “his”.

The M5Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984E+W+S

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6In section 38(4) and (7) of and paragraph 31(a) of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 there shall be substituted for the word “commissioners” in each place the word “commissioner”.E+W+S

The M6London Regional Transport Act 1984E+W+S

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7In Schedule 5 to the London Regional Transport Act 1984, there shall be substituted—E+W+S

(a)in paragraph 11(5), for the word “commissioners”, where it first occurs, the word “commissioner” and for the words “those commissioners” the words “the commissioner”;

(b)in paragraph 11(8), for the word “commissioners”, in both places, the word “commissioner”; and

(c)in paragraph 12(7), for the word “commissioners” the word “commissioner”.

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