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A.D. 1952

Amendments

as to general duty and

constitution of· Commission,

power of

Minister to

give directions

to Com- mission, etc.

Transport

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15 & 16 GEO. 6

& 1 ELIZ. 2

(3) Where the Commission have made an increase under sub- section (1) of this section, they shall as soon as may be apply under section seventy-nine of the Transport Act, 1947, for an alteration of the relevant charges scheme or schemes, and the proviso to subsection (1) of the said section seventy-nine (which 5 prevents the Tribunal from entertaining applications under that section unless certain conditions are complied with) shall not apply to any application so made.

(4) When the Tribunal determine any application made in pursuance of subsection (3) of this section, they shall fix a date, 10 which shall be the earliest date which in their opinion is prac- ticable, as from which no charge shall be made by virtue of the increase which cannot be made under the relevant charges scheme as altered (if it is altered) in pursuance of the application.

(5) Where the Commission have exercised their powers under 15 subsection (1) of this section-

(a) they shall not again exercise their powers thereunder until the relevant application made in pursuance of subsection (3) of this section has been determined by the 'Tribunal;

(b) after that application has been so determined, they shall not be entitled to exercise the said powers by reason of any increase in their costs occurring before the determination of that application or such earlier date,

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any, as may be fixed by the Tribunal for the purposes 25 of this paragraph when they make their determination. (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Commission from making any increase in their charges which they would be entitled to make apart from the provisions of this section, and nothing in this section applies to any charges not within the scope of some charges scheme for the time being in force.

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22. (1) For subsections (1) to (3) of section three of the

35 Transport Act, 1947 (which relates to the general duty of the Commission), there shall be substituted the following subsection-

(1) It shall be the general duty of the Commission, in the

exercise of their powers under this Act-

(a) to provide railway services for Great Britain; ·40 (b) to provide or secure the provision of an adequate and properly co-ordinated system of passenger transport for the London Passenger Trans- port Area;

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