{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/franchising-schemes-service-permits-england-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/franchising-schemes-service-permits-england-regulations-2018/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/423",
  "legislation_title": "The Franchising Schemes (Service Permits) (England) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/franchising-schemes-service-permits-england-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000;\n“application procedure” means the procedure determined by a franchising authority or authorities that an applicant for a service permit must follow;\n“effective time” means the beginning of the day on which a local service may first be provided under a service permit;\n“proposed franchising scheme” means the franchising scheme which is the subject of the consultation document published by the franchising authority or authorities under section 123E(2) of the 2000 Act;\n“relevant persons” means—\n(a) all persons operating local services in the area to which the proposed franchising scheme relates;\n(b) any relevant local authority any part of whose area would, in the opinion of the franchising authority or authorities, be affected by the grant of a service permit; and\n(c) such other persons as the franchising authority or authorities think fit;\n“required information” means the information specified by a franchising authority or authorities that an applicant for a service permit must submit with the application;\n“service permit policy statement” means a statement which satisfies the requirements set out in regulation 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The term “franchising authority or authorities” is used in section 123A of the Transport Act 2000. A franchising scheme may be made by a single authority or by two or more authorities acting jointly."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of section 162(3) of the Transport Act 2000, the term “local service” has the meaning given in section 2 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 123E was inserted by section 4 of the Bus Services Act 2017."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "“Relevant local authority” has the meaning given by section 123E(5) of the Transport Act 2000."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/423/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:34.672198+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}