# The Bus Service Operators Grant (England) Regulations 2002, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In these Regulations—
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“disabled person” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
“emergency service” means a service urgently required for the purpose of—
(a)maintaining an existing service;
(b)securing the provision of a service in place of a service which has ceased to operate; or
(c)securing the provision of a service to meet any public transport requirement which has arisen unexpectedly;
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“fixed stopping place” and “flexible service” have the meanings respectively given in the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986, as those Regulations apply in England;
“local authority service” means a service that is administered and run by a relevant local authority under a permit granted under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 using only local authority staff;
“local service” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Transport Act 1985;
“London franchised service” means a service provided by Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries, or by any other person other than a not for profit section 19 operator in pursuance of an agreement entered into by Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries under section 156(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
“not for profit section 19 operator” means an undertaking, operating a local service under a permit granted under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985, whose purpose is not to carry on business for gain;
“public passenger transport services” means all those services on which members of the public rely from getting from place to place, when not relying on private facilities of their own;
“rail replacement service” means a service for the carriage of passengers by road provided temporarily in place of the whole or a part of any service for the carriage of passengers by railway that has been temporarily discontinued, reduced or modified;
“railway” has the meaning described as the “wider meaning” in section 81(2) of the Railways Act 1993;
“relevant local authority” means local transport authorities, district councils in England and London transport authorities;
“special amenity element fare” means a fare that is significantly high in relation to the general level of fares charged for comparable journeys;
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“stopping place” has the same meaning as in section 137(1) of the Transport Act 1985;
“temporary service” means a service that is intended to operate for less than six consecutive weeks and is not an emergency service;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1015/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bus-service-operators-grant-england-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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