7. Restrictions on registration and variation of services between 1
 February 1991 and 31 October 1991---(1) Section 54 of the principal Act
 is hereby amended by inserting, after the word ``where'', the words ``,
 in the regional council's opinion,''.

   (2) Section 54 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding, as
 subsection (2), the following subsection:

   ``(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prevents a regional
 council from entering into a contract for the provision of a service
 that is specified in a regional passenger transport plan the regional
 council has adopted.''