Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026

44 General interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1981 Act” (“Deddf 1981”) means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14);

• “the 1985 Act” (“Deddf 1985”) means the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67);

• “community bus permit” (“trwydded bysiau cymunedol”) has the meaning given in section 22 of the 1985 Act;

• “community bus service” (“gwasanaeth bysiau cymunedol”) has the meaning given in section 22 of the 1985 Act;

• “functions” (“swyddogaethau”) includes powers and duties;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county or county borough council in Wales;

• “modify” (“addasu”) includes amend, repeal or revoke;

• “notice” (“hysbysiad”) means notice in writing;

• “Part 3 of Schedule 1 service” (“gwasanaeth Rhan 3 o Atodlen 1”) means a service for the carriage of passengers by road in which every vehicle used is so used in circumstances in which the conditions set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act are met;

• “PSV operator’s licence” (“trwydded gweithredwr cerbydau gwasanaeth cyhoeddus”) has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act;

• “public passenger transport services” (“gwasanaethau trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus i deithwyr”) has the meaning given in section 7 of the Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5);

• “regulations” (“rheoliadau”) means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;

• “section 19 service” (“gwasanaethau adran 19”) means a service for the carriage of passengers by road in which every vehicle used is so used under a permit under section 19 of the 1985 Act;

• “specified” (“penodedig” and “a bennir”) (unless the context requires otherwise) means specified in regulations;

• “traffic commissioner” (“comisiynydd traffig”) means a traffic commissioner for England and Wales appointed under section 4 of the 1981 Act;

• the “Wales Transport Strategy” (“Strategaeth Drafnidiaeth Cymru”) means the Wales Transport Strategy published under section 2 of the Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5).

(2) References in this Act to an operator, in relation to a service, are to the person, or each of the persons, providing the service; and related expressions (including references to a person having operated a service) are to be construed accordingly.

(3) Regulations may make provision about circumstances in which a person of a specified description is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) as providing or not providing a service