Regulation 2 Purpose and interpretation

These Regulations implement the Council Regulation.

In these Regulations—

• “actual holder”, in relation to a person established as a haulier in Great Britain, has the meaning which it bears in regulation 32A(1) of the 1984 Regulations;

• “Community authorisation” means a Community authorisation issued under the Council Regulation;

• “competent authority” has the meaning given by regulation 4 of these Regulations;

• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 881/92 of 26th March 1992 on access to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or from the territory of a member State or passing across the territory of one or more member States;

• “the First Council Directive” means the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road^f1;

• “operating centre” has the meaning which it bears in section 92(1) of the Transport Act 1968^f2;

• “operator’s licence” means an operator’s licence within the meaning of section 60(1) of the Transport Act 1968 or section 14 of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967^f3;

• “standard operator’s licence” means an operator’s licence which is a standard licence within the meaning of regulation 3(2) of the 1984 Regulations;

• “the 1984 Regulations” means the Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences, Qualifications and Fees) Regulations 1984^f4; and

• “traffic area” means a traffic area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981^f5,

• and, subject thereto, expressions used which are also used in the Council Regulation have the meaning which they bear in that Regulation.