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Regulation 3 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;

  • “the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;

  • “designated sporting event” has the same meaning as in the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Act 1985f1;

  • “disc” means an operator’s disc issued under section 18;

  • “fax” means the making of a facsimile copy of a document by the transmission of electronic signals;

  • “holder” in relation to a licence means the person to whom that licence was granted;

  • “licence” means a PSV operator’s licence and “special licence” has the same meaning as in section 12(2) of the 1985 Act;

  • “local authority” has the meaning given by section 14A(4);

  • “Notices and Proceedings” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Public Service Vehicles (Traffic Commissioners: Publications and Inquiries) Regulations 1986f2;

  • “traffic regulation conditions” has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 1985 Act; and

  • “vehicle examiner” means an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988f3.

(2)

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to:

(a)

a numbered section is a reference to the section bearing that number in the 1981 Act;

(b)

a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations;

(c)

a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference appears.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 57.

f2

S.I. 1986/1629.

f3

1988 c. 52; section 66A was inserted by section 9(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).