Transport Act 1985

83 Provisions supplementary to sections 81 and 82

(1) References in section 81 of this Act to the former powers of any such council as is mentioned in subsection (2) of that section are references to any powers which have ceased to be exercisable by that council by virtue of the application to that council of section 66(1) of this Act; and references in that section and in section 82 of this Act to the former powers of a Passenger Transport Executive are references to any powers which have ceased to be exercisable by that Executive by virtue of any order under section 60(5) of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of section 82 of this Act a person is a person connected with the operator of any public passenger transport services if that person is a member of a group of interconnected bodies corporate any one of more of which is such an operator.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above, any two bodies corporate are to be treated as interconnected if one of them is a body corporate of which the other is a subsidiary or if both of them are subsidiaries of the same body corporate; and in that subsection " group of interconnected bodies corporate " means a group consisting of two or more bodies corporate all of which are interconnected with each other in the sense given above.

(4) In section 82 of this Act" local authority " means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, the council of a county, London borough or district or the Common Council of the City of London ; and

(b) in relation to Scotland, a regional or islands council.

(5) In sections 81 and 82 of this Act and this section—

(a) " bus station " means a parking place which may be used by public service vehicles (including any such parking place which forms part of any interchange facilities for enabling passengers travelling by one means of transport to continue their journey by another) ; and

(b) “ associated facilities" means, in relation to a bus station, any amenities or facilities provided for use in connection with that station.