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Regulation 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;

  • “the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988f1;

  • “the 1986 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986f2;

  • “corresponding disc” means the disc issued with a permit, in accordance with regulation 10, bearing the same serial number as that permit;

  • “corresponding permit” means the permit granted in accordance with regulation 9 which bears the same serial number as the disc issued with that permit;

  • “holder” means a body to which a permit has been granted;

  • “large bus” means a vehicle adapted to carry more than sixteen passengers;

  • “permit” means a community bus permitf3; and

  • “small bus” means a vehicle adapted to carry more than eight but not more than sixteen passengers.

(2)

For the purposes of regulations 3 and 4—

(a)

“full licence”f4 and “Northern Ireland licence”f5 have the meaning given in section 108 of the 1988 Act;

(b)

“PCV Community licence”f6 and “passenger-carrying vehicle”f7 have the meaning given respectively in sections 110 and 121 of the 1988 Act;

(c)

expressions relating to vehicle categories have the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(a) and (b) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999f8;

(d)

a person holds a valid full licence granted under Part 3 of the 1988 Act authorising the driving of motor vehicles included in any category or sub-category if that person is authorised to drive such vehicles under section 88(1) of that Actf9.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1988 c.52.

f2

S.I. 1986/1078. There are amending instruments and those which are relevant to this instrument are footnoted to the relevant reference.

f3

The term “community bus permit” is defined in section 22(1) of the Transport Act 1985.

f4

This definition was inserted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 15(c).

f5

This definition was inserted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 15(e) and amended by the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, section 91(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 25(b).

f6

The original section 110 was repealed by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, sections 1 and 16 and Schedule 6 and the present section inserted by section 2(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. This definition was inserted by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 20.

f7

The original section 121 was repealed by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, sections 1 and 16 and Schedule 6 and the present section inserted by section 2(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. This definition was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 28(1) and (2)(d).

f8

S.I. 1999/2864; there are amending instruments but none is relevant.

f9

Section 88(1) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 3(1) and (2); the Road Safety Act 2006, section 58(1); the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 1(1) and (2); and the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420), regulations 2 and 3(1) and (2).