(1)It shall be the duty of the Group to give effect to any directions given to them by the Secretary of State under this Act.
(2)Any direction given by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction given under that provision.
(3)Any direction given by the Secretary of State under this Act shall be in writing.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1962 Act” means the [1962 c. 46.] Transport Act 1962;
“the 1968 Act” means the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968;
“company” means a body corporate;
“the disposal programme” has the meaning given by section 1(4) of this Act;
“employees' share scheme” means a scheme for encouraging or facilitating the holding of shares or debentures in a company by or for the benefit of—
the bona fide employees or former employees of the company or of a subsidiary of the company; or
the wives, husbands, widows, widowers or children or step-children under the age of 18 of such employees or former employees;
“equity share capital” has the meaning given in the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985;
“the Group” has the meaning given by section 1(1) of this Act;
“subsidiary” means, in relation to a body corporate, a body corporate which is a subsidiary of the first-mentioned body corporate as defined by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 (taking references in that section to a company as being references to a body corporate).
The following are authorised by this section—
(a)the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under section 14(4) of this Act;
(b)any increase attributable to this Act in payments out of money so provided under any other enactment.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Transport (Scotland) Act 1989.
(2)This Act, except this section, shall come into force at the end of the period of two months after the day on which it is passed.