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Interpretation

58General interpretation

(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

(2)For the purposes of this Act, the driver of a vehicle, if it belongs to him or is in his possession under an agreement for hire, hire-purchase or loan, and in any other case the person whose servant or agent the driver is, shall be deemed to be the person using the vehicle; and references to using a vehicle shall be construed accordingly.

(3)In this Act references to vehicles being authorised to be used under an operator’s licence are to be read in accordance with section 5.

(4)For the purposes of this Act, a person who is an applicant for, or a holder of, a standard licence, or who is a transport manager, shall be regarded as being engaged in a road transport undertaking if—

(a)in a case where that person is an individual, he is either—

(i)the holder, or one of the joint holders, of an operator’s licence, or

(ii)in the employment of a person who carries on a road transport undertaking and that undertaking gives him responsibility for the operation of goods vehicles used under an operator’s licence; or

(b)in a case where that person is a company, either—

(i)the company is the holder of an operator’s licence, or

(ii)the company is a subsidiary of the holder of an operator’s licence and goods vehicles used under that licence belong to the company or are in its possession.

(5)Anything required or authorised by this Act to be done by or to a traffic commissioner by whom a licence was issued may be done by or to any person for the time being acting as traffic commissioner for the area for which the first-mentioned commissioner was acting at the time of the issuing of the licence.