The Finance Act 1965
3In section 92 of the [1965 c. 25.] Finance Act 1965 (grants to operators of bus services towards duty charged on bus fuel), for subsection (8) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(8)In this section—
' bus service' means a stage carriage service within the meaning of the [1981 c. 14.] Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 which is available to the general public and is neither an excursion or tour within the meaning of that Act nor a service as regards which the condition specified in section 2(3)(a) of that Act (long journeys only) is satisfied;
' operator', in relation to a bus service, means—
(a)the holder of the road service licence under which the service is provided ; or
(b)if the service is provided otherwise than under a road service licence by, or by a subsidiary of—
(i)London Regional Transport; or
(ii)the Executive for a designated area within the meaning of section 9(1) of the [1968 c. 73.] ransport Act 1968 ;
London Regional Transport or (as the case may be) that Executive or that subsidiary;
(c)if the service is provided otherwise than under a road service licence by a person—
(i)in pursuance of an agreement under section 3(2) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 ; or
(ii)in pursuance of an agreement under section 19(2) of the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968 or under a consent granted under Schedule 6 to that Act;
that person;
(d)if and to the extent that the service operates within a trial area (within the meaning of the [1981 c. 14.] Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981), the person by whom the service is provided;
' subsidiary' has the same meaning as for the purposes of the Transport Act 1968.”.