7.—(1) The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “applicant” for “Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007” substitute “the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023”;
(b)in the definition of “competent authority” for “Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007” substitute “regulation 2 of the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023”;
(c)in the definition of ““public passenger transport”, “public service contract” and “public service operator””, for “public passenger transport” substitute “public passenger transport services” and for “Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007” substitute “regulation 2 of the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023”;
(d)omit the definition of “Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007”;
(e)in the definition of “relevant public service contract” after “transport” insert “services”;
(f)in the definition of “relevant public service operator” after “transport” insert “services”.
(3) In regulation 9 (separation of accounts), in paragraph (2)(b) omit “in accordance with article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007”.