Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008

Chapter 2

Public Passenger Transport Services

Definitions (Part 3, Chapter 2).

47.— In this Chapter—

“ direct award contract ” means a public service contract entered into by the Authority under section 52 without a competitive tendering procedure;

“ public service contract ” has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation No. 1370/2007;

“ public service obligation ” means a requirement specified by the Authority in order to ensure public passenger transport services in the general economic interest which a public transport operator, if it were considering its own commercial interests, would not assume or would not assume to the same extent or under the same conditions without reward;

“ public transport services contract ” means a contract, including a public service contract, between the Authority and a public transport operator for the provision of public passenger transport services;

“ Regulation No. 1370/2007 ” means Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 1 .

1OJ No. L315, 03/12/2007, p.1