{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-operators-licences-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-operators-licences-regulations-1995/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2908",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-operators-licences-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;\n“designated sporting event” has the same meaning as in the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Act 1985;\n“disc” means an operator’s disc issued under section 18;\n“fax” means the making of a facsimile copy of a document by the transmission of electronic signals;\n“holder” in relation to a licence means the person to whom that licence was granted;\n“licence” means a PSV operator’s licence and “special licence” has the same meaning as in section 12(2) of the 1985 Act;\n“local authority” has the meaning given by section 14A(4);\n“Notices and Proceedings” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Public Service Vehicles (Traffic Commissioners: Publications and Inquiries) Regulations 1986;\n“traffic regulation conditions” has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 1985 Act; and\n“vehicle examiner” means an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.\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 1981 Act;\n(b) a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations;\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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 57."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1629."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c. 52; section 66A was inserted by section 9(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/1865",
      "affecting_title": "The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2908/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:35.055008+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."
}