Part 2

Bus services

Interpretation of Part

Interpretation of Part 2
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1
In this Part of this Act—
- “community bus permit” means a permit under section 22 of the 1985 Act;
- “local service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the 1985 Act;
- “operational date” shall be construed in accordance with section 14(1) of this Act;
- “police area” means a police area within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c.77);
- “quality contract” has the meaning given by section 13(6) of this Act;
- “relevant general policies”, in relation to a local transport authority, means the authority’s local transport strategy and—
  1. where the authority is a local authority, the policies formulated by them from time to time under section 63(2)(b) of the 1985 Act;
  2. where the authority is the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority, the policies formulated by them from time to time under section 9A(1) of the Transport Act 1968 (c.73);
- “specified facilities” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3)(a) of this Act;
- “specified standard” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3)(b) of this Act;
- “traffic commissioner” means the person appointed from time to time to be the commissioner for Scotland under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14); and
- “traffic regulation order” means an order under—
  1. the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27); or
  2. any other enactment (other than this Act),
regulating the use of roads or other places by public service vehicles.
2
In this Part of this Act the following expressions have the same meaning as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14)—
- “fares”;
- “modification”;
- “public service vehicle”; and
- “PSV operator’s licence”.
3
References in this Part of this Act to the operator of a passenger transport service of any description are to be construed in accordance with section 137(7) of the 1985 Act.