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Article 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In this Order—

  • “the Act” means the Consumer Rights Act 2015;

  • “European rail operator licence” means a licence granted pursuant to—

    1. (a)

      a provision contained in any instrument made for the purpose of implementing—

      1. (i)

        Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakingsf1, or

      2. (ii)

        Chapter III of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast)f2, or

    2. (b)

      any action taken by an EEA State for that purpose;

  • “railway” has the meaning given by section 67(1) of the Transport and Works Act 1992f3;

  • “railway undertaking” means any undertaking, the principal business of which is to provide services for the transport of goods or passengers by railway; and

  • “relevant railway passenger service” means any service for the carriage of passengers operated by a railway undertaking pursuant to a European rail operator licence.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

OJ No L 143, 27.6.95, p70, repealed by Directive 2012/34/EU, OJ No L 343, 14.12.2012, p32.

f2

OJ No L 343, 14.12.2012, p32, as corrected by Corrigendum, OJ No L 67, 12.3.2015, p32.

f3

1992 c.42.