{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-services-operation-by-taxis-regulations-1986/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-services-operation-by-taxis-regulations-1986/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/567",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Services (Operation by Taxis) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-services-operation-by-taxis-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1847 Act” means the Town Police Clauses Act 1847;\n“the 1976 Act” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;\n“local service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the 1985 Act;\n“local taxi area” means the area in which a vehicle is licensed to ply for hire under section 37 of the 1847 Act;\n“special licence” means a restricted PSV operator's licence granted by virtue of section 12 of the 1985 Act;\n“licensed taxi” and “taxi code” have the meanings given by section 13(3) of the 1985 Act; and\n“taximeter” has the meaning given by section 80(1) of the 1976 Act.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to the 1847 Act is a reference to that Act as it applies in relation to a vehicle as a part of the taxi code (and accordingly as it so applies as incorporated, extended or applied by or under any enactment).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/567/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:51:10.541831+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."
}