(1)  In this Part –

Act means Passenger Transport Act 1997 ;

authorised service means a service taken to be authorised by clause 7 of Schedule 2 to the Passenger Transport (Consequential and Transitional) Act 1997 ;

determined means determined by the Commission under regulation 5 ;

interim service contract means a service contract entered into under regulation 6 ;

new service contract means a service contract entered into under regulation 10 ;

service means regular passenger transport service;

service contract means a contract, between the Commission and a transport operator, under which the transport operator is required to provide a service;

transitional period means the 5 year period immediately following the commencement day;

transport operator , in relation to a service, means the person providing or intending to provide the service.

(2)  The Commission, by notice in the Gazette , may designate areas of the State as metropolitan areas for the purposes of this Part.

(3)  The boundary of an area designated as a metropolitan area under subregulation (2) need not coincide with the boundary of any area designated, prescribed or otherwise defined as a metropolitan area for the purposes of any other law of the State.