Paragraph 20 I1

In section 93 (travel concession schemes), after subsection (8) insert—

“(8A)

A county council or a council of a non-metropolitan district is not a local authority for the purposes of this section where—

(a)

the council is a constituent council of a combined authority or a combined county authority (and here “constituent council” has the meaning given by section 104(11) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 in relation to a combined authority and section 10(11) of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 in relation to a combined county authority), and

(b)

the combined authority or combined county authority has completed its first full financial year.”