3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an application for registration in respect of a service having stopping places in more than one traffic area shall be made to the traffic commissioner for the area in which the service will start.
(2) In the case of a service with stopping places outside London which, except for the operation of section 34(3) of the 1985 Act, would be part of a service which requires a London local service licence, the application shall be made to the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area.
(3) An application for registration or for the variation or cancellation of a registration shall not be accepted by the traffic commissioner to whom it is made unless the applicant gives to the commissioner such information as he shall reasonably require in connection with the application.
(4) A copy of an application for registration or for variation or cancellation of a registration shall be delivered or sent to each relevant authority no later than the date on which the application is made to the traffic commissioner.
(5) The traffic commissioner shall send notice of the date of the acceptance by him of an application for registration or for the variation or cancellation of a registration to the applicant and to every relevant authority.