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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-registration-of-local-services-regulations-1986/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1671",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-registration-of-local-services-regulations-1986",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;\n“bank holiday” means any day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;\n“bus substitution service”, “special licence” and “traffic authority” have the respective meanings given by sections 119(1), 12(2) and 7(15) of the 1985 Act;\n“operator” shall be construed in accordance with section 137(7) of the 1985 Act;\n“relevant authority” means, in relation to a local service, any Passenger Transport Executive or county, regional or islands council within whose area there will be a stopping place for the service; and\n“week” means a period of 7 days commencing with a Monday.\n(2) In these Regulations, any reference to service subsidies has the same meaning as in Part V of the 1985 Act by virtue of section 112(1)(b) thereof.\n(3) In these Regulations, any reference to—\n(a) a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and\n(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference appears.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 26.10.1986, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/1986/1671",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/439",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1064",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/10",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/10",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/10",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/406",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Franchising Schemes Transitional Provisions and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/406",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Franchising Schemes Transitional Provisions and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/406",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Franchising Schemes Transitional Provisions and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2019/1265",
      "affecting_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services in Enhanced Partnership Areas) (England) Regulations 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1671/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:40:50.013081+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."
}