2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985;
“bank holiday” means any day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1);
“bus substitution service”, “special licence” and “traffic authority” have the respective meanings given by sections 119(1), 12(2) and 7(15) of the 1985 Act;
“operator” shall be construed in accordance with section 137(7) of the 1985 Act;
“relevant authority” means, in relation to a local service, any Passenger Transport Executive or county, regional or islands council within whose area there will be a stopping place for the service; and
“week” means a period of 7 days commencing with a Monday.
(2) In these Regulations, any reference to service subsidies has the same meaning as in Part V of the 1985 Act by virtue of section 112(1)(b) thereof.
(3) In these Regulations, any reference to—
(a)a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and
(b)a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference appears.