§ Amendments made: No. 70, in page 53, line 29, at beginning insert 'This section applies'.
§ No. 71, in page 53, line 33, after 'area', insert ("the Executive")'.
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No. 72, in page 53, leave out from beginning of line 34 to 'Act' in line 4 on page 54 and insert—
'(2) At any time after the Secretary of State has given to the Executive a direction under subsection (3) of that section the Secretary of State may by order provide that the Executive shall cease, on a day specified in the order, to be under the duty imposed by section 24(2) of the 1968'.
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No. 73, in page 54, leave out lines 7 to 20 and insert—
'(3) Where an order is made under subsection (2) above, any duty of the National Bus Company and the Scottish Transport Group under section 24(2) of the 1968 Act to co-operate with the Executive (or with each other) shall cease on the day specified in the order to apply in relation to the Executive's area.
(3A) Any order under subsection (2) above may include provision for the termination of any agreements made under section 24(2) to which the Executive are a party, on such terms and such dates as may be specified in relation to those agreements in the order (and different terms and dates may be so specified in relation to different agreements).
(3B) At any time after the transfer required under section 56(8) of shares in or other securities of the initial company to the Passenger Transport Authority for the Executive's area has taken place the Secretary of State may by order provide that the Executive shall cease, on a day specified in the order, to have the powers under section 10(1)(i) and (viii) of the 1968 Act (powers to carry passengers by road and to let passenger vehicles on hire with or without trailers for the carriage of goods).
(3C) Where an order is made under subsection (3B) above in relation to the Executive, section 16(2) of the 1968 Act (which relates to the provision of special information in the annual report of Authorities and Executives as to certain businesses of providing services for the carriage of passengers by road) shall cease to apply in relation to any accounting period of the Executive beginning on or after the day specified in the order.'.
§ No. 74, in page 54, line 22, leave out from first 'of' to end of line 27 and insert—
- ' (a) section 24(2) of the 1968 Act; and
- (b) section 10(1)(i) and (viii) of that Act;
on the date on which, by virtue of the cumulative effect of orders made under this section, there ceases to be any Passenger Transport Executive in Great Britain who are under the duty imposed by section 24(2) or have the powers under section 10(1)(i) and (viii).'.-[Mr. Ridley.]