# The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Area (Adaptation of Enactments and Instruments) Order 1973, Note: Explanatory note


This Order makes provision for the existing South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Executive to become on 1st April 1974 the Passenger Transport Executive for the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, for the dissolution on that date of the existing South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Authority and for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of that Authority on that date in the County Council of Greater Manchester (Articles 3 and 4).
Provision is also made for the transfer to the Executive on 1st April 1974 of the powers and duties of Wigan County Borough Council in connection with their road passenger transport undertaking (Article 5), for the modification of statutory provisions relating to that undertaking (Article 6) and for enabling certain arrangements with respect to travel concessions on the services of that undertaking to be continued (Article 7).
The existing Orders relating to the South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area are amended (Article 8) and the Schedule).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1727/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-passenger-transport-area-adaptation-of-enactments-and-instruments-order-1973/note
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