59 Transitional provision etc.E+W+S
(1)The transitional provisions and transitory modifications of this Act contained in Schedule 6 shall have effect.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs 2 to 4 of that Schedule, an existing licence shall continue in force as if it had been issued under this Act, and in this Act or any other enactment, instrument or document, any reference to, or including a reference to, an operator’s licence issued under this Act shall, so far as the nature of the reference permits, be construed as including a reference to an existing licence.
(3)In subsection (2) “existing licence” means any operator’s licence within the meaning of Part V of the M1Transport Act 1968 which was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.
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