55.—(1) Merseytravel may provide or secure the provision by other persons of services for the carriage of passengers by road (“substitute services”) where the tram system has been temporarily interrupted, curtailed or discontinued.
(2) The route, frequency and stopping places of any substitute service need not correspond with the route of the interrupted, curtailed or discontinued service.
(3) Section 6 of the Transport Act 1985(1) shall not apply to any substitute services.