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Section 106A Grants for bus services.C2F1C1C3

England and Wales

(1)

A parish council or community council may make grants to any body towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by that body in connection with the operation of—

(a)

a bus service appearing to the council to be wholly or mainly for the benefit of members of the public who are elderly or disabled; or

(b)

a community bus service (as defined in section 22 of this Act).

(2)

The power in subsection (1) above may only be exercised if—

(a)

the bus service benefits, or appears to the council likely to benefit, persons living in the council’s area, and

(b)

a permit in relation to the use of the vehicle by means of which the service is, or is to be, provided has been granted to the body concerned under section 19 or 22 of this Act.

(3)

Grants under this section may be made in such cases and subject to such terms and conditions as the council think fit.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 106A inserted (E.W.) (19.5.1997) by 1997 c. 29, ss. 27, 34(2)

Modifications

C1

Ss. 106, 106A: functions made exercisable concurrently (E.) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 14(4)

C2

Pt. 5: functions made exercisable (E.) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 14(1)

C3

S. 106A: functions made exercisable concurrently (E.) (24.2.2026) by The Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/159), arts. 1(2), 8

Notes on Part V

Modifications

C1

Pt. 5 (except ss. 110, 111): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

C2

Pt. 5 modified (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by The Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (Variation of Reimbursement and Other Administrative Arrangements) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1179), arts. 1(3)(b), 5(1)(a)

C3

Pt. 5: transfer of functions (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/865), arts. 1, 8(1)(a) (with arts. 8(4), 12)

C4

Pt. 5: transfer of functions (E.W.) (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 8, 9 (with art. 11)

C5

Pt. 5: delegation of functions (E.W.) (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 6(a)

C6

Pt. 5: functions made exercisable (E.W.) (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 8

C7

Pt. 5: functions made exercisable (E.W.) (3.3.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(2)(b), 8(a)

C8

Pt. 5 functions made exercisable (E.W.) (8.5.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/431), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(a)

C9

Pt. 5: transfer of functions (E.W.) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 28)

C10

Pt. 5 functions made exercisable (E.W.) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 9 (with art. 28)

C11

Pt. 5: functions made exercisable (E.W.) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 13(1)(2)

C13

Pt. 5: functions made exercisable concurrently (E.W.) (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 19(b) (with art. 9)

C14

Pts. 4, 5: functions made exercisable (E.) (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 13

C15

Pts. 4, 5: functions made exercisable (E.) (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 9

C16

Pts. 4, 5: transfer of functions (E.) (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 7

C17

Pts. 4, 5: transfer of functions (E.) (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 9