2. In these Regulations—
“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000;
“application procedure” means the procedure determined by a franchising authority or authorities(1) that an applicant for a service permit must follow;
“effective time” means the beginning of the day on which a local service(2) may first be provided under a service permit;
“proposed franchising scheme” means the franchising scheme which is the subject of the consultation document published by the franchising authority or authorities under section 123E(2) of the 2000 Act(3);
“relevant persons” means—
all persons operating local services in the area to which the proposed franchising scheme relates;
any relevant local authority(4) any part of whose area would, in the opinion of the franchising authority or authorities, be affected by the grant of a service permit; and
such other persons as the franchising authority or authorities think fit;
“required information” means the information specified by a franchising authority or authorities that an applicant for a service permit must submit with the application;
“service permit policy statement” means a statement which satisfies the requirements set out in regulation 5.
The term “franchising authority or authorities” is used in section 123A of the Transport Act 2000. A franchising scheme may be made by a single authority or by two or more authorities acting jointly.
By virtue of section 162(3) of the Transport Act 2000, the term “local service” has the meaning given in section 2 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67).
Section 123E was inserted by section 4 of the Bus Services Act 2017.
“Relevant local authority” has the meaning given by section 123E(5) of the Transport Act 2000.