The Public Service Vehicles (Open Data) (England) Regulations 2020

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1986 Regulations” means the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986(1);

“App” means a software programme, for use on an electronic device, which provides passengers with information about the planned and current operation of relevant local services in order to help them make informed decisions about their journeys;

“the bus open data digital service internet site” means the internet site designated by the Secretary of State from time to time for the provision, in accordance with these Regulations, of information about relevant local services;

“complex fare and ticket information” means information about fares that vary depending on—

(a)

the route taken;

(b)

the duration of the journey;

(c)

the type and the number of passengers;

(d)

the method of payment;

(e)

the amount of subsequent travel undertaken in a given period;

(f)

whether or not a discount or a cap is applied to the fare;

“operator” is to be construed in accordance with section 137(7) of the Transport Act 1985(2);

“public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday, the first Monday in May, or a day that is a bank holiday in England and Wales in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(3);

“public service vehicle operator’s licence” means a public service vehicle operator’s licence granted under the provisions of Part 2 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(4);

“relevant local service” has the meaning given by section 141A(12)(a) of the Transport Act 2000, except that it does not include a community bus service in relation to which a community bus permit has been granted under section 22 of the Transport Act 1985(5);

“the relevant registration functions” has the meaning given by section 6G(10) of the Transport Act 1985(6);

“simple fare and ticket information” means information about—

(a)

adult single and return fares and tickets;

(b)

child single and return fares and tickets;

(c)

group fares and tickets;

(d)

period tickets;

(e)

single operator fares and tickets;

(f)

multi-operator fares and tickets;

(g)

zonal fares and tickets;

(h)

the ways in which fares may be paid;

(i)

which tickets can be purchased in advance and which can only be purchased on board a vehicle;

(j)

age restrictions;

(k)

time restrictions;

“stopping place” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Transport Act 1985;

“timing point” means a specific stopping place that a service attempts to reach at a scheduled time;

“traffic commissioner” means a commissioner appointed under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(7) and includes a local transport authority where, in relation to an enhanced partnership scheme, the relevant registration functions of a traffic commissioner have been delegated to a local transport authority in accordance with section 6G of the Transport Act 1985.

(2) In these Regulations references to registration, in relation to a relevant local service, are to be construed in accordance with section 141A(12)(b) of the Transport Act 2000.

(3) In these Regulations references to a relevant local service that operates or is to operate in the area to which the franchising scheme relates are to be construed as references to a relevant local service that—

(a) is provided, or is to be provided, under a local service contract(8),

(b) is, or is to be, an interim service(9), or

(c) is provided, or is to be provided, under a service permit(10),

in the area to which the franchising scheme relates.

(4) In these Regulations any document or information communicated by electronic means shall be deemed—

(a) to have been sent, where the sender can produce a copy of the electronic communication that—

(i) contained the document or information;

(ii) shows the time and date the electronic communication was sent; and

(iii) shows that the electronic communication was sent to the person to whom it was addressed;

(b) to have been sent by the sender referred to in sub-paragraph (a), where that person can produce a copy of the electronic communication that shows that the communication was sent by them; and

(c) not to have been tampered with or otherwise modified after the time and date shown on the electronic communication as the time and date on which that communication was sent.

(1)

S.I. 1986/1671.

(2)

1985 c.67. Section 137(7) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c.13).

(3)

1971 c.80.

(4)

1981 c.14.

(5)

Section 22 was amended by Part 3 of Schedule 7 to the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26) and by S.I. 2013/1644.

(6)

Section 6G was inserted by section 14(2) of the Bus Services Act 2017 (c.21).

(7)

Section 4 was substituted by section 3 of the Transport Act 1985 and amended by sections 2 and 3 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26).

(8)

“Local service contract” is defined in section 123A(5) of the Transport Act 2000.

(9)

“Interim service” is to be construed in accordance with section 123O(2) of the Transport Act 2000.

(10)

“Service permit” is to be construed in accordance with section 123P(2) of the Transport Act 2000.