SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Provision of passenger rail services

Consequential amendments

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Section 119 of the Transport Act 1985 (bus substitution services and bus service conditions) has effect, until the repeal of the section by Part 4 of Schedule 31 to the Transport Act 2000 comes into force, as if—

(a)

in subsection (3) the words from “for the purposes” to the end of the subsection were omitted;

(b)

after subsection (5) there were inserted—

“(5A)

For the purposes of subsection (3) “permitted distance”, in relation to a passenger transport area, means the distance of 25 miles from the nearest point on the boundary of that area.”