Part 1The traffic commissioners

I15Transitional provision for existing traffic commissioners etc

1

Any existing traffic commissioner for a traffic area in England and Wales—

a

on the relevant commencement, becomes instead a traffic commissioner for England and Wales with all the powers and duties of such a commissioner,

b

holds that office on the terms and conditions that applied to the commissioner immediately before the relevant commencement,

c

is subject to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 (grounds for dismissal), as amended by section 4, as from the coming into force of that amendment.

2

Any appointment of a person as a deputy traffic commissioner for a traffic area in England and Wales before the relevant commencement—

a

continues in force notwithstanding the substitution of subsections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the PPVA 1981 effected by section 2,

b

has effect as from the relevant commencement as an appointment under paragraph 2A of Schedule 2 to that Act as a deputy traffic commissioner for England and Wales with all the powers and duties of such a commissioner,

c

as from the relevant commencement is held on the terms and conditions that applied to the deputy traffic commissioner immediately before the relevant commencement.

3

Any appointment of a person as an acting traffic commissioner for a traffic area in England and Wales before the relevant commencement—

a

continues in force notwithstanding the substitution of subsections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the PPVA 1981 effected by section 2,

b

has effect as from the relevant commencement as an appointment under paragraph 5A of Schedule 2 to that Act to act as a traffic commissioner for England and Wales with all the powers and duties of such a commissioner,

c

as from the relevant commencement is held on the terms and conditions that applied to the acting traffic commissioner immediately before the relevant commencement.

4

Any existing traffic commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area—

a

on the relevant commencement, becomes instead the Scottish traffic commissioner with all the powers and duties of that commissioner,

b

holds that office on the terms and conditions that applied to the traffic commissioner immediately before the relevant commencement, and

c

is subject to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 (grounds for dismissal), as amended by section 4, as from the coming into force of that amendment.

5

In this section—

  • “acting traffic commissioner” means a person appointed under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 to act as a traffic commissioner for a traffic area;

  • “deputy traffic commissioner” means a person appointed under paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 to act as deputy to a traffic commissioner for a traffic area;

  • “existing traffic commissioner” means a person—

    1. a

      who is a traffic commissioner for a traffic area immediately before the relevant commencement, and

    2. b

      who would, apart from the amendments made by this Act, have continued as such after the relevant commencement;

  • “the relevant commencement” means—

    1. a

      in relation to an existing traffic commissioner, the coming into force of the substitution of subsections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the PPVA 1981 effected by section 2;

    2. b

      in relation to a deputy traffic commissioner for a traffic area in England and Wales, the coming into force of paragraph 2A of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 (which is inserted by section 4);

    3. c

      in relation to an acting traffic commissioner for a traffic area in England and Wales, the coming into force of paragraph 5A of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 (which is inserted by section 4).