Regulation 2 Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations—

“the 1981 Act” means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
“the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;
“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988^f1;
“the 1986 Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^f2;
“corresponding disc” means the disc issued with a permit, in accordance with regulation 9, bearing the same serial number as that permit;
“corresponding permit” means the permit granted in accordance with regulation 8 which bears the same serial number as the disc issued with that permit;
“designated body” means a body designated in an order made under section 19(7) of the 1985 Act^f3;
“holder” means a body to which a permit has been granted;
“issuing body” means the traffic commissioner or, as the case may be, designated body which granted a permit and issued a corresponding disc;
“large bus permit” means a permit granted in accordance with regulation 8 which authorises the use of a large bus;
“public service vehicle other than a bus” means a public service vehicle adapted to carry not more than eight passengers; and
“standard permit” means a permit granted in accordance with regulation 8 which authorises the use of a small bus or a public service vehicle other than a bus.

(2)

For the purposes of regulations 3 to 5—

(a)

“full licence”^f4 and “Northern Ireland licence”^f5 have the meaning given in section 108 of the 1988 Act;

(b)

“PCV Community licence”^f6 and “passenger-carrying vehicle”^f7 have the meaning given respectively in sections 110 and 121 of the 1988 Act;

(c)

expressions relating to vehicle categories have the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(a) and (b) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999^f8;

(d)

a person holds a valid full licence granted under Part 3 of the 1988 Act authorising the driving of motor vehicles included in any category or sub-category if that person is authorised to drive such vehicles under section 88(1) of that Act^f9.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c.52.
f2: S.I. 1986/1078. There are amending instruments and those which are relevant to this instrument are footnoted to the relevant reference.
f3: See the Section 19 Minibus (Designated Bodies) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/1229), amended by S.I. 1990/1708, 1995/1540 and 1997/535.
f4: This definition was inserted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 15(c).
f5: This definition was inserted by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 15(e) and amended by the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, section 91(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 17 and 25(b).
f6: The original section 110 was repealed by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, sections 1 and 16 and Schedule 6 and the present section inserted by section 2(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. This definition was inserted by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 20.
f7: The original section 121 was repealed by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, sections 1 and 16 and Schedule 6 and the present section inserted by section 2(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. This definition was amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 28(1) and (2)(d).
f8: S.I. 1999/2864; there are amending instruments but none is relevant.
f9: Section 88(1) was amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989, section 3(1) and (2); the Road Safety Act 2006, section 58(1); the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974), regulation 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 1(1) and (2); and the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420), regulations 2 and 3(1) and (2).