Section 68 Subsidy to secure passenger transport services in other areas

Section 63 of the TA 1985 (functions of local councils with respect to passenger transport in areas other than passenger transport areas) is amended as follows.

In subsection (5) (power to enter into agreements providing for service subsidies) at the beginning of paragraph (a) insert

“in England and Wales, shall be exercisable only where the service in question would not be provided, or would not be provided to a particular standard, without subsidy;

(aa)

in Scotland,”.

After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A)

The reference in subsection (5)(a) above to the standard to which a service is provided includes—

(a)

the frequency or timing of the service;

(b)

the days, or times of day, when the service is provided;

(c)

the vehicles used to provide the service.”.