Transport Act 1980

62Grants towards duty charged on bus fuel, and new bus grants

(1)In subsection (8) of section 92 of the [1965 c. 25.] 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 IIor 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 [1968 c. 73.] 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.