A.D. 1952
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15 & 16 GEO. 6
& 1 ELIZ. 2
(2) Pending the disposal of the property mentioned in sub- section (1) of this section, it shall be the duty of the Commis- sion to carry on the existing road haulage undertaking in such manner as may appear to them to be expedient for the pur- pose of enabling the said property to be disposed of without 5 delay and on the best terms available, and without avoidable disturbance of the transport system of the country.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, sections thirty- nine to fifty-one, section fifty-four, section fifty-five and sub- section (2) of section sixty of the Transport Act, 1947 (which 10 relate to the acquisition of certain road transport undertakings by the Commission), and any notice of acquisition given under Part III of that Act before the passing of this Act, shall cease to have effect:
Provided that this subsection shall not affect the operation 15 of the said provisions in relation to or in connection with any transfer effected before the passing of this Act in consequence of any notice of acquisition under the said Part III.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be taken as restricting the powers conferred on the Commission by section two of the 20 Transport Act, 1947, and, accordingly, the Commission may provide, continue or develop any services or facilities for the carriage of goods by road which are provided by them other- wise than as part of the operation of the existing road haulage undertaking.
(5) The references in this Act to the property held by the Commission for the purposes of the existing road haulage under- taking are references to-
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(a) property which at the passing of this Act is held by
the Commission solely or partly for the purposes of the 30 existing road haulage undertaking and is then in the possession, as between the Road Haulage Executive and persons other than the Commission, of that Executive; and
(b) property which after the passing of this Act is obtained 35
or appropriated by the Commission solely or partly for or to the purposes of the said undertaking and thereby comes into the possession of the Road Haulage Executive as aforesaid or would thereby come into the possession of that Executive if the undertaking 40 were being carried on through that Executive,
other than property which is consumed or discarded in the ordinary case of the carrying on of that undertaking:
Provided that the Minister may direct that any property held by the Commission at the passing of this Act, or thereafter 45 obtained or appropriated by them, partly for or to the purposes
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