- advanced quality partnership scheme
means a scheme under section 113C of the Transport Act 2000;
- agency agreement
means, in relation to any agreement under section 10(1)(xv), an agreement with any person for the carrying on of activities by that person as agent for the Executive concerned.
- Area Committee
means an Area Transport Users Consultative Committee established under section 56 of the 1962 Act or, in relation to the London area, the London Transport Users’ Committee;
- associated facilities
means, in relation to a bus station, any amenities or facilities provided for use in connection with that station.
- authorised London bus service
means—
- body
means a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;
- bus
means a vehicle which is adapted to carry more than eight passengers;
- bus service
means a local service other than an excursion or tour;
- bus service condition
has the meaning given by section 119(4) of this Act;
- bus station
means a parking place which may be used by public service vehicles (including any such parking place which forms part of any interchange facilities for enabling passengers travelling by one means of transport to continue their journey by another);
- bus substitution service
has the meaning given by section 119(1) of this Act;
- clearance certificate
means a certificate that the provision— (a) in Case 1, of the proposed local service, or (b) in Case 2, of the local service as proposed to be varied, will not have an adverse effect on local services provided under quality contracts in the area to which the quality contracts scheme relates;
- closure
has the same meaning as in section 119 of this Act.
- commissioner of police
means— • “the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London;
- community bus permit
means a permit granted to an exempt body under this section in relation to the use of a public service vehicle— • “exempt body” has the same meaning as in section 18 of this Act.
- community bus service
means a local service provided— • “community bus permit” means a permit granted to an exempt body under this section in relation to the use of a public service vehicle— • “exempt body” has the same meaning as in section 18 of this Act.
- Community licence
has the same meaning as in Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988,... • “exempt body” means a body— (a) to whom the 2009 Regulation does not apply because the body is not engaged (and does not intend to engage) in the occupation of road transport operator (as defined in the 2009 Regulation);
- constituent council
has the meaning given by section 104(11) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 in relation to a combined authority and section 10(11) of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 in relation to a combined county authority), and
- designated period
means such period as may be specified for the purpose by London cab order;
- direction
means a direction under subsection (2) of that section.
- domestic coach service
means a bus service which— (a) carries passengers at separate fares;
- economic operator
means any person, public entity or group of persons or entities including any temporary association of undertakings that offers to provide local services on the market, • “supported service” means a service which is subsidised under section 9A(4) of the Transport Act 1968 or, as the case may be, section 63(5) of this Act.
- eligible service
means—
- equity share capital
has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 548 of the Companies Act 2006);
- excursion or tour
means a service for the carriage of passengers by road at separate fares on which the passengers travel together on a journey, with or without breaks, from one or more places to one or more other places and back;
- exempt body
has the same meaning as in section 18 of this Act;
- functions
includes powers, duties and obligations;
- group of interconnected bodies corporate
means a group consisting of two or more bodies corporate all of which are interconnected with each other in the sense given above.
- interest
means, in relation to a company’s share capital of any description, a beneficial interest (whether held directly or through nominees or subsidiaries) in that share capital;
- large bus
means a vehicle which is adapted to carry more than sixteen passengers;
- liability
includes an obligation;
- licence
means a PSV operator’s licence;
- licenced taxi
means— (a) in England and Wales, a vehicle licensed under— (i) section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847;
- licensed hire car
means— (a) in England and Wales— (i) for the purposes of section 11 of this Act, a vehicle licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 or section 7 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, (ii) for the purposes of section 12 of this Act, a vehicle licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
- licensed taxi
means— i in England and Wales, a vehicle licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 or section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 or under any similar enactment;
- licensing authority
means the person empowered to grant a licence.
- local authority
means—
- local service
has the meaning given by section 2 of this Act;
- local traffic authority
has the meaning given by section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
- local transport authority
has the meaning given in section 108(4) of the Transport Act 2000;
- London
means the administrative area of Greater London as for the time being constituted;
- London bus service
means a London local service other than an excursion or tour.
- London cab
means a vehicle which is a hackney carriage within the meaning of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869;”
- London cab order
means an order made by Transport for London
- London local passenger
means a passenger making a journey which begins and ends at stopping places in London;
- London local service
has the meaning given by section 34(1) of this Act;
- London local service licence
means a London local service licence under that Part of that Act.”
- London road passenger transport services or facilities
means road passenger transport services or facilities— (a) provided by Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries;
- London taxi area
means the area to which the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 applies;
- long distance coach service
means a bus service— (a) which has one or more stopping places outside London;
- operation requirement
means a requirement imposed under section 138A(5)(b) of the Transport Act 2000, other than a route requirement;
- operator
has the same meaning, in relation to a bus service, as in that Act;
- pension rights
includes, in relation to any person, all forms of right to or eligibility for the present or future payment of a pension, and any expectation of the accruer of a pension under any customary practice, and includes a right of allocation in respect of the present or future payment of a pension;
- permit
means a permit under section 22 of this Act;
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations;
- private hire vehicle licence
means— in England and Wales, a licence under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
- public body
means any authority or other body on which functions are conferred by or under an enactment.
- public passenger transport facilities
means facilities for public passenger transport services.
- public passenger transport services
means all those services on which members of the public rely for getting from place to place, when not relying on private facilities of their own, including school transport but not—
- qualifying mileage
means, in relation to any vehicle, mileage run by that vehicle within any such rural area.
- quality partnership scheme
means a scheme under section 114 of the Transport Act 2000;
- regulations
means regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- related enactment
has the meaning given in section 13(3) of this Act.
- relevant application
means any application under section 6 of this Act— (a) which is made in respect of a local service in relation to which the registration restrictions have effect, and (b) which (whenever made) is awaiting the decision of a traffic commissioner;
- relevant authority
means the authority, or any of the authorities, that made the scheme;
- relevant licence
means— (a) in relation to a licensed taxi, a taxi licence, and (b) in relation to a licensed hire car, a private hire vehicle licence;
- relevant operator
means— (a) any operator of local services who has given an undertaking under section 113J(4) or (5) or 118(4) of the Transport Act 2000 in respect of the scheme;
- relevant representations
means representations that the effect of accepting the application would be detrimental to the provision of services under the scheme, having regard to the registration criteria. • “the traffic commissioner” means the traffic commissioner dealing with the application mentioned in subsection (1).
- relevant service
has the same meaning as in section 6G;
- remedial measures
means measures which, in the opinion of the traffic commissioner, would enable or facilitate the operation of the service in accordance with the particulars registered under section 6 of this Act.
- Road passenger transport facility
means a facility in England for road passenger transport services.
- road passenger transport service
has the meaning given by section 112A(1) and (2);
- road service licence
has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act;
- route requirement
means a requirement imposed under section 138A(5)(b) of the Transport Act 2000 that falls within section 138C(1) of that Act.
- service
means a local service which is neither a London local service nor a service which falls within subsection (1A) or (1D) below nor a service provided under an agreement entered into, where a railway service has been temporarily interrupted, with the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales under section 40 of the Railways Act 2005 (substitution services provided for interrupted or discontinued railway services).
- small bus
has the same meaning as in sections 19 to 21 of this Act;
- social services functions
means functions which are social services functions for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 or the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
- social work functions
means functions which are social work functions for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;
- special licence
means a restricted PSV operator’s licence granted by virtue of this section.
- specified
means specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument. 8A Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
- stopping place
means, in relation to any service or part of a service, a point at which passengers are (or, in the case of a proposed service, are proposed to be) taken up or set down in the course of that service or part;
- subsidiary
means, in relation to any body corporate, a body corporate which is a subsidiary of the first-mentioned body corporate within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 as originally enacted (and not as substituted by section 144(1) of the Companies Act 1989);
- supported service
means a service which is subsidised under section 9A(4) of the Transport Act 1968 or, as the case may be, section 63(5) of this Act.
- taxi licence
means a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 or any similar enactment, or a taxi licence under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. • "relevant licence " means— (a) in relation to a licensed taxi, a taxi licence, and (b) in relation to a licensed hire car, a private hire vehicle licence;
- the 1962 Act
means the Transport Act 1962;
- the 1968 Act
means the Transport Act 1968;
- the 1972 Act
means the Local Government Act 1972;
- the 1981 Act
means the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
- the 2009 Regulation
means Regulation (EC) No. 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator and repealing Council Directive 96/26/EC.
- the appropriate authority
means— (a) in relation to— (i) a taxi licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 or any similar enactment which applies outside the London taxi area, (ii) a licensed hire car licensed under section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, or (iii) a taxi or private hire car licensed under section 10 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, the Secretary of State;
- the Central Committee
means the Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain established under section 56 of the 1962 Act.
- the Common Council
means the Common Council of the City of London;
- the first transfer
means the transfer under section 59(7) of this Act to the initial company of property, rights and liabilities of the Executive for that area;
- the Railways Board
means the British Railways Board established under section 1 of the 1962 Act;
- the relevant authority or authorities
means the authority or authorities— (a) who last continued the quality contracts scheme in force under section 131A of the Transport Act 2000, or (b) if the scheme has not been so continued, who made it. • “the traffic commissioner” means the traffic commissioner dealing with the application.
- the relevant period
means—
- the relevant registration functions
has the same meaning as in section 6G.
- the second transfer
means the transfer under section 61(11) of this Act to companies formed under that section of property, rights and liabilities of the initial company;
- the traffic commissioner
means the traffic commissioner dealing with the matter.
- traffic area
means a traffic area constituted for the purposes of the 1981 Act, and section 80 of that Act shall apply to references in this Act to the Metropolitan Traffic Area;
- traffic authority
has the same meaning as in section 7 of this Act.
- tramway
has the meaning given by section 67(1) of the Transport and Works Act 1992;
- tramway passenger service
means any service for the carriage of passengers by tramway;
- travel concession
means the reduction or waiver of a fare either absolutely or subject to terms, limitations or conditions.
- wholly-owned subsidiary
means a subsidiary all the securities of which are owned by a body corporate of which it is a subsidiary, or by one or more other wholly-owned subsidiaries of that body, or partly by that body and partly by any wholly-owned subsidiary of that body;