5. Passenger services operated on or after 1 July 1991 to be notified
 to regional council---(1) Section 48 (1) of the principal Act is hereby
 amended by omitting the words ``holder of a passenger service licence'',
 and substituting the word ``person''.

   (2) Section 48 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing
 subsections (2) and (3), and substituting the following subsections:

   ``(2) Except in the case of notices to which section 56 (3A) of this
 Act applies, no notice under this section shall be given before the 1st
 day of December 1990.

   ``(3) With the consent of the regional council concerned, any notice
 required by this section to be given by any person may---
   ``(a) Be given by an organisation on behalf of the person; and
   ``(b) Relate to any number of services.''

   (3) Section 48 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the
 following subsection:

   ``(5) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, any notice under
 section 56 of this Act is a sufficient compliance with subsection (1) of
 this section in respect of the service to which the notice relates; but
   ``(a) Section 49 (1) of this Act shall apply to such a notice given to
          the regional council concerned before the 1st day of October
          1990 as if, for the words `within 21 days of receiving the
          notice', there were substituted the words `not later than the
          21st day of October 1990'; and
   ``(b) Nothing in section 54 or section 55 of this Act shall apply in
          respect of the service concerned if it is a small passenger
          service being operated under a passenger service licence and is
          not involved in a scheduled service over a specified route or
          between or through specified locations.''