Paragraph 2 Interpretation

In this Scheme—

• “the 1967 Act” means the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967^f1;

• “application” means an application for a financial assistance payment made in accordance with paragraph 4 and “applicant” shall be construed accordingly;

• “the Department” means the Department for Infrastructure;

• “determination” means the determination of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly, and made on 3rd November 2020 that exceptional circumstances exist for licensed bus operators as a consequence of the outbreak of Coronavirus, including financial hardship arising from the loss of business. It is desirable to provide financial assistance to mitigate the effect of that outbreak on licensed bus operators and that such assistance ought to be provided in accordance with a Scheme made under section 1 of the Financial Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 2009;

• “eligible income” means the total income of an eligible person for the eligible period or, as the case may be, for each of the reference periods, declared in the application;

• “eligible period” means the period beginning on 1st April 2020 and ending on 30th September 2020;

• “eligible person” means a person who satisfies the requirements of paragraph 5;

• “financial assistance payment” means a payment by the Department for the purpose set out in paragraph 3 and in accordance with paragraph 6; and

• “reference periods” means the period beginning on 1st April 2018 and ending on 30th September 2018 and the period beginning on 1st April 2019 and ending on 30th September 2019.

Terms and expressions used in the 1967 Act have the same meaning in this Scheme.

A reference in this Scheme to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.