Explanatory note

This Order makes provision for the existing West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive to become on 1st April 1974 the Passenger Transport Executive for the metropolitan county of West Midlands, for the dissolution on that date of the existing West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority and for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of that Authority on that date in the County Council of West Midlands (Articles 3 and 4).

Provision is also made for the transfer to the Executive on the 1st April 1974 of the powers and duties of Coventry City 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 West Midlands Passengers Transport Area are amended (Article 8 and the Schedule).