# The A205 Trunk Road (Hounslow) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Traffic Order 1997, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
(a) a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this order so numbered;
(b) causing includes permitting;
(c) “carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980; and
(d) “vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;
(e) “bus”, “local bus”, “pedal cycle”, “taxi”, “bus lane”, “contra-flow” and “with-flow lane” have the meanings given in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994;
(f) “dial-a-ride bus” means a vehicle—
(i) displaying so as to be conspicuous on the outside of the vehicle a logo in a form approved by or with the authority of the Traffic Director for London and containing the words “dial-a-ride”; and
(ii) constructed or adapted for the carriage of disabled persons and their companions and which is being used to provide a service for the carriage of such persons;
(g) “times of operation” means, in relation to a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule, the times specified in that item in column (3) of that table;
(h) “permitted vehicles” means, in relation to a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule, the vehicles specified in that item in column (5) of that table;
(i) an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in the table in the schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2402/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a205-trunk-road-hounslow-red-route-bus-lanes-traffic-order-1997/article-2
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