Article 6

The reference in section 4(4), 9(2) or 37(2) to a person holding a PSV operator's licence granted by the traffic commissioners not being a licence which is of no effect by reason of its suspension shall, from 6th October 1980 until the date on which this Article is revoked, be construed as a reference to a person holding (or, by virtue of Regulation 20(1) of the Public Service Vehicles (Licences and Certificates) Regulations 1952 being deemed to hold) at least one public service vehicle licence not being a licence which is of no effect by reason of its suspension, and the reference in paragraph 5(a) of Part III of Schedule 1 of the 1980 Act to the holder of the operator's licence under which the vehicle is to be used shall, from 6th October 1980 until the date on which this Article is revoked, be construed as a reference to the holder of the public service vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle.