60Power to limit permits under section 19 or 22 of TA 1985 to 5 years
(1)After section 23 of the TA 1985 (further provision with respect to community bus permits) insert—
“23APower to limit permits under section 19 or 22 to 5 years
(1)Regulations may provide that any permit granted under section 19 or 22 of this Act on or after a date specified in the regulations is to be for such period not exceeding 5 years as may be identified in the permit by the person granting it.
(2)Nothing in subsection (1) above or any regulations made by virtue of that subsection prevents the grant of subsequent permits under section 19 or 22 of this Act to any person for further such periods.”.
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that any permit granted under section 19 or 22 of the TA 1985 before the section 23A start date is revoked as from such later date (the “revocation date”) as may be specified in the regulations.
(3)The revocation date in the case of any permit must be no more than 5 years after the section 23A start date.
(4)In this section, “the section 23A start date” means the date mentioned in section 23A(1) of the TA 1985 (power to limit permits granted under section 19 or 22 on or after specified date to 5 years).
(5)Sections 134 and 135 of the TA 1985 (which, among other things, apply sections 60 and 61 of the PPVA 1981 in relation to certain regulations under the TA 1985) shall have effect as if—
(a)subsections (2) to (4) above were contained in Part 1 of the 1985 Act, and
(b)the matters specified in section 134(3) of the TA 1985 included the revocation of permits granted under section 19 or 22 of that Act.
(6)Nothing in subsection (2), or in any regulations made under or by virtue of this section, prevents the grant of subsequent permits under section 19 or 22 of the TA 1985 to any person.
(7)Any power to make regulations under or by virtue of this section includes power—
(a)to make different provision for different cases or for permits of different descriptions, and
(b)to make incidental, consequential, supplemental or transitional provision or savings.