# London Local Authorities Act 1996, Section 3: Interpretation of Part II


(1) In this Part of this Act—
“the Act of 1991” means the 1991 c. 40.Road Traffic Act 1991;
“bus lane” has the meaning given in regulation 23 of the Part I of S.I. 1994/1519.Traffic Signs Regulations 1994 and any regulation amending or revoking and re-enacting that regulation;
“bus lane offence” means an offence under section 8, 11 or 13 of the 1984 c. 27.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or section 36 of the 1988 c. 52.Road Traffic Act 1988 which relates to the contravention of or failure to comply with an order or traffic sign in so far as it makes provision for or indicates a reservation of all or part of a carriageway of a road as a bus lane;
“Joint Committee” means the Joint Committee established under section 73 of the Act of 1991;
“prescribed device” means a device prescribed under section 20(9) of the 1988 c. 53.Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 or a device of a description specified in regulations made for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State;
“road” has the same meaning as in section 142(1) of the 1984 c. 27.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads.
(2) For the purposes of this Part of and Schedule 1 to this Act, the owner of a vehicle shall be taken to be the person by whom the vehicle is kept.
(3) In determining, for the purposes of this Part of and Schedule 1 to this Act, who was the owner of a vehicle at any time, it shall be presumed that the owner was the person in whose name the vehicle was at that time registered under the 1994 c. 22.Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/9/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-act-1996/section-3
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