Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Bus Services Improvement Partnerships (Objections) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1 April 2024.
(2)
In these Regulations—
“the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 19852,
“the 2001 Act” means the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001,
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 20003,
“postal packet” and “postal services” have the meanings given by section 27(1) and (2) of the Postal Services Act 20114,
“public holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 19715,
“qualifying local service” has the meaning given by regulation 2,
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday.
(3)
In these regulations, “registered distance” means, in relation to a qualifying local service, the distance, in miles or kilometres, which an operator is required to operate in any week which does not include a public holiday in accordance with the particulars of the service registered under section 6 of the 1985 Act6 and schedule 1 of the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Scotland) Regulations 20017.
(4)
Where a timetable has not been registered with the particulars of a service because the service interval is 10 minutes or less, paragraph (3) is to be construed as if a timetable indicating a service interval of 10 mins were registered as a particular of the service.