Transport (London) Act 1969

45 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—

• " the Act of 1960 " means the [1960 c. 16.] Road Traffic Act 1960;

• " the Act of 1962 " means the [1962 c. 46.] Transport Act 1962;

• " the Act of 1967 " means the [1967 c. 76.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967;

• " the Act of 1968 " means the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968 ;

• " appointed day " means the relevant day appointed under section 47(5) of this Act;

• " the Boards " means the Boards established under section 1 of the Act of 1962 other than the London Board, and references to a Board shall be construed accordingly ;

• " the Bus Company " means the National Bus Company established under section 24 of the Act of 1968 ;

• " charges " includes fares, rates, tolls and dues of every description;

• " the Commission " means the British Transport Commission dissolved in pursuance of section 80 of the Act of 1962;

• " the Common Council " means the Common Council of the City of London;

• " the Council " means the Greater London Council;

• " the designated company " means the company designated under section 16(2) of this Act;

• " the Executive " means the London Transport Executive established under section 4 of this Act;

• " functions " includes powers, duties and obligations ;

• " goods " includes animals, parcels and mails ;

• " Greater London " means the administrative area of Greater London as for the time being constituted;

• " hovercraft " has the same meaning as in the [1968 c. 59.] Hovercraft Act 1968;

• " land " includes land covered by water and any interest or right in, over or under land ;

• " lease " includes an agreement for a lease ;

• " liability " includes an obligation;

• " the London Board " means the London Transport Board established under section 1 of the Act of 1962;

• " London bus service " has the meaning assigned by section 23(7) of this Act;

• " the Minister " means the Minister of Transport;

• " the national transport authorities " means the Boards, the Bus Company, the National Freight Corporation established under section 1 of the Act of 1968, the Scottish Transport Group established under section 24 of the Act of 1968 and the Transport Holding Company established under section 29 of the Act of 1962;

• " participant ", in relation to a pension scheme, means a person who (whether he is referred to in the scheme as a member, as a contributor or otherwise) contributes or has contributed under the scheme and has pension rights thereunder and " participate" shall be construed accordingly;

• " pension ", in relation to a person, means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatsoever payable to or in respect of him, and includes a gratuity so payable and a return of contributions to a pension fund, with or without interest thereon or any other addition thereto, and any sums payable on or in respect of the death of that person ;

• " pension fund " means a fund established for the purposes of paying pensions;

• " pension rights " includes, in relation to any person, all forms of right to or liability 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 present or future payment of a pension ;

• " pension scheme " includes any form of arrangement for the payment of pensions, whether subsisting by virtue of an Act of Parliament, trust, contract or otherwise;

• " the Railways Board " means the British Railways Board established under section 1 of the Act of 1962;

• " securities ", in relation to a body corporate, means any shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, and any other security of a like nature of the body corporate;

• " statutory provision " means a provision, whether of a general or of a special nature, contained in, or in any document made or issued under, any Act, whether of a general or special nature ;

• " subsidiary " and " wholly-owned subsidiary " have the same meanings respectively as for the purposes of the Act of 1968;

• " vehicle " includes a hovercraft;

• " the vesting date " means the appointed day for the purposes of section 16 of this Act.

(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.