The Transport Act 1985 (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers and Exemption for Councils Running Small Bus Undertakings) Order 1985
This Order specifies the period ending with 25th October 1986 as the period at the end of which section 66(1) of the Transport Act 1985 shall have effect in relation to the councils to whom the Order applies, as specified in the Schedule to the Order. At that time, those councils will no longer have power to provide certain services for the carriage of passengers by road. The Order also specifies a shorter period ending with 1st April 1986 as the period before the end of which those councils must comply with such of the requirements of sections 67 to 69 of the Act (formation of companies; submission of transfer schemes; and submission of proposals for transfer orders) as are applicable to them.