Transport (Scotland) Act 2001

48 Interpretation of Part 2 S

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• “community bus permit” means a permit under section 22 of the 1985 Act;

• “local service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the 1985 Act;

• “operational date” shall be construed in accordance with section 14(1) of this Act;

• F1 ...

• “quality contract” has the meaning given by section 13(6) of this Act;

• “relevant general policies”, in relation to a local transport authority, means the authority’s local transport strategy and—

  (a)

  where the authority is a local authority,

  • [F2 (i)] the policies formulated by them from time to time under section 63(2)(b) of the 1985 Act;[F3 or

  • (ii) any policies formulated by them from time to time in accordance with that strategy which, were the area to which those policies relate not in a passenger transport area, could have been formulated by them under that provision and which relate to [F4 providing services of the kind mentioned in section 2A(1) of this Act or] matters which may be the subject matter of a quality partnership scheme or a quality contract scheme;]

  (b)

  where the authority is the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority, the policies formulated by them from time to time under section 9A(1) of the Transport Act 1968 (c.73);

• “specified facilities” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3)(a) of this Act;

• “specified standard” shall be construed in accordance with section 3(3)(b) of this Act;

• “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); and

• “traffic regulation order” means an order under—

  (a)

  the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27); or

  (b)

  any other enactment (other than this Act),

  regulating the use of roads or other places by public service vehicles.

(2) In this Part of this Act the following expressions have the same meaning as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14)—

• “fares”;

• “modification”;

• “public service vehicle”; and

• “PSV operator’s licence”.

(3) References in this Part of this Act to the operator of a passenger transport service of any description are to be construed in accordance with section 137(7) of the 1985 Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 48(1) repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F2 Word in s. 48(a) inserted (10.10.2005) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), ss. 51(2)(a), 54(2); S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2

F3 S. 48(a)(ii) and preceding word inserted (10.10.2005) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), ss. 51(2)(b), 54(2); S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2

F4 Words in s. 48(1) inserted (24.6.2022) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), s. 130(2), sch. para. 3(6)(a)(v)(A) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2022/204, reg. 2(b)