Part 5: Permits for automated passenger services Section 89: Procedural and administrative matters
This section confers certain regulation-making powers on the appropriate national authority in relation to permits. In particular, a permit may be varied, renewed suspended or withdrawn as specified in regulations made by the appropriate national authority. Subsection (4) enables fees to be levied to cover enforcement costs, for example. Subsection (7) empowers the appropriate national authority to provide for its functions under any provision made by or under Part 5 of the Act to be exercisable by a Traffic Commissioner.
	Traffic Commissioners are currently responsible for the licensing and regulation of those who operate heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and the registration of local bus services.
	Subsection (9) requires that monies received by the traffic commissioners in the exercise of the functions in subsection (7) will be paid into a Consolidated Fund in such manner as the Treasury may direct. Subsection (10) makes an exception to this if the devolved administrations were to delegate the function of receiving monetary penalties to the traffic commissions, in which case the receipts are to be paid to the Ministers of the devolved authority concerned.