TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Area (Adaptation of Enactments and Instruments) Order 1973, and shall come into operation on 19th November 1973. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires— “ the Act of 1968 ” means the Transport Act 1968; “ the Act of 1972 ” means the Local Government Act 1972; “ the Designation Order ” means the Tyneside Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969 , as varied and supplemented by the Tyneside Passenger Transport (Designation of Additional Area) Order 1973 ; “ the Executive ” means the Passenger Transport Executive established under the Designation Order; “ the Railway Passenger Services Order ” means the Tyneside Passenger Transport Area (Railway Passenger Services) Order 1971; “ the Transfer Order ” means the Tyneside Passenger Transport Area (Transfer of Undertakings) Order 1969. 2 The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament. Existing Passenger Transport Executive to become Executive for Metropolitan County 3 1 The Passenger Transport Executive who were established under the Designation Order and who are known as the Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive shall on 1st April 1974 become the Passenger Transport Executive for the County of Tyne and Wear and be known as the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, and their functions shall on and after that date apply as respects the area of that county as they applied before that date as respects the area designated by the Designation Order. 2 The persons who immediately before 1st April 1974 are the Director General and other members of the Executive shall continue to hold office on and after that date in accordance with the terms of their appointments until such appointments are terminated or the terms thereof varied in accordance with the provisions applicable thereto. 3 Nothing in this Order shall affect the validity of anything done by or to or in relation to the Executive before 1st April 1974. Dissolution of Existing Passenger Transport Authority 4 1 On 1st April 1974 the Passenger Transport Authority established in accordance with the Designation Order shall be dissolved and all property, rights and liabilities of that Authority shall be transferred to and vest in the County Council of Tyne and Wear (who by virtue of section 202 of the Act of 1972 become on that date the Passenger Transport Authority for the area of the County of Tyne and Wear). 2 The dissolution of the said Passenger Transport Authority as aforesaid shall not affect the validity of anything done by or to or in relation to that Authority before 1st April 1974, and insofar as any such thing has continuing effect on and after that date references to that Authority in any instruments or other document relating thereto shall be construed on and after that date as references to the County Council of Tyne and Wear in their capacity as Passenger Transport Authority. Amendments to Existing Orders 5 The provisions of the Designation Order, the Transfer Order and the Railway Passenger Services Order shall on and after 1st April 1974 have effect subject to the amendments and revocations specified respectively in Parts I, II and III of the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. John Peyton Minister for Transport Industries Department of the Environment 17th October 1973