(1)A local authority may give financial assistance in connection with the provision of a local bus service.
(2)Section 88(1) of the 1985 Act does not apply in relation to financial assistance given under subsection (1) (and, accordingly, sections 89 to 92 of that Act (rules relating to subsidy agreements) do not apply).
(3)In section 63 (functions of local councils with respect to passenger transport) of the 1985 Act, in subsection (9), in the opening words, after “references to services”, insert “in connection with which financial assistance has been given under section 36 of the Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026 and to services”.