Transport Act 1968

31 Abolition of special control over bus services provided by local authorities outside their areas

(1) So much of subsection (1) of section 101 of the [1930 c. 43.] Road Traffic Act 1930 as requires a local authority to obtain the consent of the appropriate traffic commissioners before running public service vehicles outside the district of the authority shall cease to have effect, and accordingly—

(a) in that subsection for the words from " on any road within their district " to the end shall be substituted the words " on any road inside or outside their district "; and

(b) section 102 of that Act (which contains procedural provisions with respect to consents under subsection (1) of the said section 101) shall cease to have effect.

(2) Any provision in a local Act or in any order under Part VI of the [1933 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1933, Part VI of the [1947 c. 43.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, or Part II of the [1958 c. 55.] Local Government Act 1958—

(a) imposing any requirement corresponding to that which ceases to have effect by virtue of the foregoing subsection ; or

(b) in relation to any such requirement, applying or making provision corresponding to the said section 102,

together with section 38(6) of the said Act of 1958 (which, in certain cases, requires orders under the said Part II to contain such provisions as aforesaid) shall cease to have effect.