{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-london-local-service-licences-regulations-1986/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-london-local-service-licences-regulations-1986/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1691",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (London Local Service Licences) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-london-local-service-licences-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:\n“certifying officer” means an officer appointed under section 7(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;\n“commissioner” means the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area;\n“holder” in relation to a licence means the individual, company or (in the case of a partnership) firm to whom that licence was granted;\n“licence” means a London local service licence;\n“Notices and Proceedings” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the Public Service Vehicles (Traffic Commissioners: Publication and Inquiries) Regulations 1986; and\n“public service vehicle examiner” means a person appointed under section 7(2) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to:\n(a) a numbered section is a reference to the section bearing that number in the Transport Act 1985;\n(b) a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and\n(c) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference appears.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1691/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:40:36.957134+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."
}