In this Part—

• “affected local services” means local services which, during the period of operation of the franchising framework22, the relevant operator would be required by virtue of section 13B(1)(b) or (3) of the 2001 Act23 (effects of franchising framework) to cease providing,

• “personal data” has the same meaning as in section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 201824 (terms relating to the processing of personal data),

• “principally connected” has the meaning determined under article 25,

• “relevant employee” means an employee whose employment with a relevant operator is principally connected with the provision of affected local services,

• “relevant information” has the meaning given in article 26,

• “relevant operator” means an operator of affected local services,

• “TUPE” means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 200625,

• “transferring employee” means an employee of a relevant operator whose contract of employment becomes, under the operation of this Part, a contract of employment with a new operator,

• “working time”, in relation to an employee, means any period during which an employee is working at the disposal of the employee’s employer and is carrying out the activities or duties assigned by the employer, but does not include any period during which the employee is undertaking any work experience or training for employment provided in accordance with a training course or programme.

Where two or more local transport authorities have acted jointly to make a franchising framework, a reference to a local transport authority is to be read as a reference to the authorities acting jointly.