SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Provision of passenger rail services

6Consequential amendments

Section 119 of the Transport Act 1985 (bus substitution services and bus service conditions) has effect, until the repeal of the section by Part 4 of Schedule 31 to the Transport Act 2000 comes into force, as if—

a

in subsection (3) the words from “for the purposes” to the end of the subsection were omitted;

b

after subsection (5) there were inserted—

5A

For the purposes of subsection (3) “permitted distance”, in relation to a passenger transport area, means the distance of 25 miles from the nearest point on the boundary of that area.