Part IV Miscellaneous and General

F162 Grants towards duty charged on bus fuel, and new bus grants. C1

1

In subsection (8) of section 92 of the Finance Act 1965 (grants towards duty charged on bus fuel), for the definition of “bus service” there shall be substituted— “ “bus service” means a stage carriage service within the meaning of Part I of the Transport Act 1980 which is available to the general public and is neither an excursion or tour within the meaning of that Part nor a service as regards which the condition specified in section 3(3)(a) of that Act (long journeys only) is satisfied; ”.

2

In section 32 of the M1 Transport Act 1968 (new bus grants)—

a

in subsection (1), for the words “wholly or mainly as a stage carriage” there shall be substituted the words “ wholly or mainly in the operation of bus services ”; and

b

in subsection (2), after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

d

“bus service” has the same meaning as in section 92 of the Finance Act 1965