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(b) be disregarded for the purposes of the limitations im- posed by subsection (3) of this section on the size of the transport unit.
(6) In performing their duties under this section the Com- mission shall consult with the Board and act on lines settled 5 from time to time with the approval of the Board, and no invitation to tender for a transport unit shall be issued by the Commission without the approval of the Board and no tender for any transport unit shall be accepted by the Commission without the approval of the Board; and the Board 10 shall not give their approval to the acceptance of any such tender unless they are satisfied that the price is a reasonable one having regard to the value to the purchaser of the property and rights which he will obtain by the purchase, including the rights provided for by Part I of the First Schedule to this Act. 15
(7) In this section " specified " means specified in the public notice inviting the tenders or ascertainable in the manner speci- fied in that notice.
4. (1) The Commission may, within six months from the passing of this Act or such longer period as the Minister may 20 allow, cause to be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1948, one or more companies which shall be under their control and the powers of which shall include power to carry on business as carriers of goods by road in Great Britain.
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(2) If any company is incorporated in pursuance of subsection 25 (1) of this section, the Commission may, in any case in which the Minister gives his consent, make over to the company all the motor vehicles and other property, if any, and, as between them- selves and the company, all the connected rights and obligations, if any, which would otherwise have made up a transport unit, and in that event subsections (4) and (5) of the last preceding section and Part I of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect as if the transaction had been the purchase by the company of the transport unit in question and as if such of the vehicles, if any, as would, if tenders had been invited for the purchase of 35 the unit, have been specified as additional vehicles, had been so specified:
Provided that, without prejudice to the power of the Minister to give or refuse his consent on any ground to the making over as aforesaid of any property, rights and obligations which would 40 otherwise have made up a transport unit, the Minister shall so exercise his powers under this subsection as to secure that
(a) the total weight unladen of the motor vehicles made over thereunder to companies incorporated in pursuance of the said subsection (1), does not exceed the total 45
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