- approved device
means a device of a description specified in an order made for the purposes of this section by the Scottish Ministers;
- auditor
means a person who is eligible to be appointed as a statutory auditor under section 1211 of the Companies Act 2006.
- bus service
means—
- charging scheme
has the meaning given by section 49(5) of this Act;
- community bus permit
means a permit under section 22 of the 1985 Act;
- eligible bus services
means services of a class using public service vehicles (or such services using a class of public service vehicles) prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
- eligible service
means— (a) a service, of a class specified in an order made by the Scottish Ministers, using a public service vehicle (within the meaning of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14));
- enactment
includes a local and personal or private Act;
- experimental traffic order
means an order under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27);
- financial year
means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March;
- fixed penalty notice
has the same meaning as in Part III of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c.53);
- immobilisation device
has the same meaning as in section 104 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27).
- inland waterway
includes both a natural and an artificial inland waterway.
- local authority
means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc.
- local service
has the meaning given by section 2 of the 1985 Act;
- local traffic authority
has the same meaning as in section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27);
- local transport authority
means— (a) a local authority;...
- local transport strategy
means any strategy prepared,... by • (a) a local transport authority;
- motor vehicle
has the meaning given by section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c.52), except that section 189 of that Act (exception for certain pedestrian controlled vehicles and electrically assisted pedal cycles) shall apply as it applies for the purposes of the Road Traffic Acts;
- net proceeds
means the amount (if any) by which the gross amount received under a charging scheme for a financial year exceeds the relevant expenses for the financial year;
- operation
includes enforcement (related expressions being construed accordingly).
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made under this section.
- relevant complaint
means any written complaint made by or on behalf of any individual to an operator of bus services which relates to the operation of any bus service operated by such operator.
- relevant expenses
means such of the expenses of making or operating a charging scheme as may be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
- relevant information
means information of a description specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
- river
includes estuary;
- road
has the same meaning as in section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54);
- roads authority
has the meaning given by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54).
- stopping place
has the same meaning as in the 1985 Act;
- temporary traffic restriction order
means an order under section 14 or 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27).
- the 1985 Act
means the Transport Act 1985 (c.67);
- the retail prices index
means—
- ticketing arrangements
means arrangements under which persons may become entitled— by entering into a single transaction of such description as the operator or operators of such services may require.
- traffic commissioner
means the person appointed from time to time to be the commissioner for Scotland under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14);
- traffic regulation order
means an order under— (a) the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27);
- traffic signs
has the same meaning as in section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27).
- Transport Partnership
means a Transport Partnership created by order under section 1 the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005;
- travel concession
has the meaning given by section 68(7) of this Act.