# The Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023, Regulation 3: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
(a) “alert” means a sound intended to draw the attention of passengers to the information following it;
(b) “community bus service” has the meaning given in section 22(1) of the Transport Act 1985;
(c) “franchising scheme” has the meaning given in section 123A of the Transport Act 2000;
(d) “local service” has the meaning given in section 2 of the Transport Act 1985;
(e) “London local service” has the meaning given in section 179(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
(f) “London local service agreement” has the meaning given in section 182(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
(g) “London service permit” means the permit referred to in section 185(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
(h) “operator” has the meaning given by section 81 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
(i) “passengers” means persons travelling on the relevant local service;
(j) “priority seat” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000;
(k) “prospective passengers” means persons wishing to travel on the relevant local service;
(l) “relevant information” means information required to be provided to passengers pursuant to regulations 7 to 11 of these Regulations;
(m) “relevant local service” means a local service to which these Regulations apply in accordance with regulation 4.
(n) “scheduled route” means—
(i) in respect of local services other than London local services, a route registered with a traffic commissioner or specified in a franchising scheme;
(ii) in respect of London local services, a route specified in a London service permit or in a London local service agreement;
(o) “scheduled stopping place” means a place designated in advance by the operator of the service as a prospective stopping place;
(p) “stopping place” means a place at which prospective passengers are taken up or passengers are set down;
(q) “traffic commissioner” has the meaning given in section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; and
(r) “wheelchair space” means a space in a vehicle designed to accommodate one or more wheelchairs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348246872/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-service-vehicles-accessible-information-regulations-2023/regulation-3
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