In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001;

• “authority”, in relation to a designated road, means the local traffic authority making, or proposing to make, the designation under the Act;

• “designated road” means a road designated by a local traffic authority as a home zone under section 74(1) of the Act and “designate” and “designation” shall be construed accordingly;

• “Crown road” and “the appropriate Crown Authority” have the same meanings as in section 131(7) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19842;

• “fire authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19943 or, where the area of the fire authority forms part of a combined area for fire-fighting purposes, the joint board for fire services for that combined area;

• “notice of proposals” in relation to a designation, means the notice required to be published under regulation 6;

• “Passenger Transport Authority” has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Transport Act 19684;

• “public passenger transport services” has the same meaning as in section 63(10)(a) of the Transport Act 19855;

• “relevant map”, in relation to an designation, means the map required by regulation 13 to be prepared and kept in connection with that designation;

• “restricted road” has the same meaning as in section 82(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19846; and

• “writing” shall have the same meaning as in Schedule 2 to the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 19997 and shall also include communication by electronic means.