{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-239",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-239.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/239",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "239",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter VII.",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires—\nkey system assets has the meaning given by section 213(1) above;\nlocomotive means any railway vehicle which has the capacity for self-propulsion (whether or not the power by which it operates is derived from a source external to the vehicle);\nPPP agreement has the meaning given by section 210 above;\nPPP arbiter shall be construed in accordance with section 225(1) above;\nPPP company shall be construed in accordance with section 210(5) above;\nPPP designation shall be construed in accordance with section 212(1) above;\nPPP lease has the meaning given by section 218 above;\nPPP related third party shall be construed in accordance with section 215(2)(b) above;\nPPP related third party agreement means any arrangements falling within section 215(2)(b) above;\npremises includes any land, building or structure;\npublic sector operator has the meaning given by section 211 above;\nrailway has the meaning given in section 67(1) of the Transport and Works Act 1992;\nrailway vehicle includes anything which, whether or not it is constructed or adapted to carry any person or load, is constructed or adapted to run on flanged wheels over or along a railway;\nthe relevant authority means—\n(a)as respects any time before the transfer date, London Regional Transport; and\n(b)as respects any time on or after that date, Transport for London;\nrelevant body has the meaning given by section 210(2) above (that is to say, London Regional Transport, Transport for London or a subsidiary of London Regional Transport or Transport for London);\nrolling stock means any carriage, wagon or other vehicle used on a railway and includes a locomotive;\nstation means any land or other property which consists of premises used as, or for the purposes of, or otherwise in connection with, a railway passenger station or railway passenger terminal (including any approaches, forecourt, cycle store or car park), whether or not the land or other property is, or the premises are, also used for other purposes;\nthe transfer date means the date on which London Underground Limited becomes a subsidiary of Transport for London;\nvehicle includes a railway vehicle.\n(2) Any reference in this Chapter to a railway includes a reference to any stretch of track comprised in a railway.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/239",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:45.840103+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."
}