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A.D. 1952 and contains other provisions for facilitating the carrying on of undertakings agreed to be transferred to the Commission), and section one hundred and fourteen of that Act (which provides for the payment of additional compensation to local authorities in respect of the transfer of undertakings under Part II or Part 5 IV of that Act) are hereby repealed.

Administrative provisions.

30. (1) The Minister may hold inquiries for the purposes of his powers and duties under this Act as if those purposes were purposes of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, and section twenty of that Act shall apply accordingly.

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(2) Any administrative expenses incurred by the Minister in the execution of this Act (including any charges and expenses of licensing authorities and other persons incurred in or by reason of the execution thereof which are directed by the Minister under subsection (3) of section twenty-two of the Road and Rail Traffic 15 Act, 1933, to be paid as expenses of the roads department of the Ministry of Transport) shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(3) The Minister of Labour and National Service may, with the consent of the Treasury, pay, out of moneys provided by 20 Parliament-

(a) to any referee or to the members of any board of referees appointed by him under the provisions of this Act relating to pension rights and compensation to officers and servants such fees and allowances as he 25 may with the consent of the Treasury determine; and (b) to a person giving evidence before any such referee or board such allowances as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

(4) Any increases attributable to any of the provisions of this 30 Act in the sums payable into the Exchequer under subsection (2) of section one hundred and twenty-three of the Transport Act, 1947, shall be paid into the Exchequer.

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Interpretation. 31.—(1) Section one hundred and twenty-five of the Transport Act, 1947, except subsections (2) and (3) thereof, shall apply for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpreta- tion of that Act, as if any reference therein to that Act included a reference to this Act, and in this Act "charges scheme means a charges scheme as defined in section seventy-six of that Act.

(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, in the provi- 40 sions of this Act relating to the carriage of goods by road expres- sions have the same meanings as in the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933, and "motor vehicle" means a goods vehicle other than a trailer.

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