Transport Act, 1963

Amendment of section 17 of Great Northern Railway Act, 1958.

20.Section 17 (which provides for compensation for certain employees of the Board and former employees of the Great Northern Railway Board whose services are dispensed with or conditions of service worsened) of the Great Northern Railway Act, 1958 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of “on or before the 31st day of March, 1964” for “within five years after the passing of this Act”,

(b) the insertion in the said subsection (1) after paragraph (b) of the following paragraph:

“(bb) where, in the circumstances referred to in subsection (6) of section 14 of the Transport Act, 1958 , the services of an officer or servant (being an officer or servant transferred or seconded under section 14 of this Act) are dispensed with or he is transferred to another position in the service of the Board and an order is made under the said subsection (6) in respect of the case;”, and

(c) the substitution in paragraph (c) of the said subsection (1) of “on or before the 31st day of March, 1964” for “within five years after the passing of that Act”.