1.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1935” means the Road Transport Act, 1935;

“the Act of 1978” means the Road Transport Act, 1978;

“the Act of 1986” means the Road Transport Act, 1986;

F1[ ‘Community licence’ means a Community licence—

(a) issued under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 1072 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009⁴ to a haulier carrying goods by road for hire or reward, or

(b) issued under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 1073 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009⁵ to a carrier of passengers by coach and bus for hire or reward;]

F2[ ‘international road haulage operator’s licence’ means an international road haulage operator’s licence granted under section 2 of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006;

‘international road passenger transport operator’s licence’ means an international road passenger transport operator’s licence granted under section 2 of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006;

‘Minister’ means Minister for Transport;

‘national road haulage operator’s licence’ means a national road haulage operator’s licence granted under section 2 of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006;

‘national road passenger transport operator’s licence’ means a national road passenger transport operator’s licence granted under section 2 of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006;]

“the Principal Act” means the Road Transport Act, 1933;

“restricted road freight licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;

“road freight carrier’s licence” means a national road freight carrier’s licence or an international road freight carrier’s licence;

“road passenger transport operator’s licence” means a national road passenger transport operator’s licence or an international road passenger transport operator’s licence;

“transport disc” means a transport disc issued under section 4;

“transport officer” means a transport officer appointed under section 15 of the Act of 1986.

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended;

(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended;

(c) a reference to an enactment includes a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.