The Bus Service Operators Grant (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 No. 1036

Amendment of the 2002 Regulations: interpretation

3.—(1) There shall be inserted into regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations (interpretation)—

(a) at the beginning—

““apex fare” means, in relation to a journey, a fare which is obtained by purchasing a ticket for that journey at least seven clear days before the date of travel and which is not more than 90% of the full adult fare which would be payable on purchasing such a ticket on the day of travel;”.;

(b) after the definition of “disabled person”—

““domestic coach service” means a bus service which—

(a)

carries passengers at separate fares;

(b)

operates between two scheduled stops in England and Wales (at least one of which is in England), whether or not the service terminates at one or both of these stops; and

(c)

is not a local service;”.

(c) after the definition of “public passenger transport services”—

““statutory travel concession permit” has the same meaning as in section 145 of the Transport Act 2000;”;