Clause 9

by deleting the words “to grant or refuse a bus service licence in respect of any route or routes and its discretion to attach conditions to any such licence, the Council shall generally have regard to” and substituting the words “to grant, renew or refuse to grant or renew a bus service licence under section 12 and the terms and conditions to impose thereon, the Council shall have regard to”;

by deleting the words “and, if the applicant is a company, the fact that its articles of association contain provisions to ensure that its board of directors shall at all times consist only of persons approved by the Council” in paragraph (a);

by deleting the word “traffic” in paragraph (e) and substituting the words “passenger demand”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “Council” in the section heading, the words “in granting or renewing bus service licences”.