Part IV Miscellaneous and General

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

(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”.