{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-vehicles-permits-for-automated-passenger-services-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-vehicles-permits-for-automated-passenger-services-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/439",
  "legislation_title": "The Automated Vehicles (Permits for Automated Passenger Services) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-vehicles-permits-for-automated-passenger-services-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2024 Act” means the Automated Vehicles Act 2024;\n“applicant” means a person who applies for the grant, variation, suspension or withdrawal of a permit;\n“consenting authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a permit to which section 85 of the 2024 Act (consent requirement for services resembling taxis or private hire vehicles) applies, each licensing authority in whose area the service may be provided under the permit or the proposed permit;\n(b) in relation to a permit to which section 86 of the 2024 Act (consent requirement for services resembling buses) applies, each relevant franchising body;\n“expiry date” means the last day on which a permit is valid;\n“licensing authority” has the same meaning as in section 85 (6) of the 2024 Act (meaning of “taxi or private hire vehicle licence” and “licensing authority”);\n“relevant franchising body” has the same meaning as in section 86 (4) of the 2024 Act (meaning of “relevant franchising body”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Permit” is defined in section 90 (1) of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (c. 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/439/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:23.882154+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}