{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-travel-concessions-act-1955/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-travel-concessions-act-1955/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/3-4/26",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Vehicles (Travel Concessions) Act 1955",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-travel-concessions-act-1955",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“local authority” means—\n(i)the council of any district; and\n(ii)any joint board or joint committee which is constituted so as to include among its members representatives of a district,\nand the expression “constituent authority”, in relation to any such joint board or joint committee as aforesaid, means the council of any district represented on the board or committee;\n“public service vehicle” means an express carriage, a stage carriage, a tramcar or a trolley vehicle, and “public service vehicle undertaking” shall be construed accordingly;\n“express carriage”, “stage carriage”, “tramcar” and “trolley vehicle” have the same respective meanings as in the Road Traffic Act 1930;\n“qualified persons” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (2) of section one of this Act; and\n“travel concession” means the reduction or waiver of a fare or charge, either absolutely or subject to terms, limitations, or conditions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word “district” substituted for words “county borough or county district” by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 186(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1930 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Expressions (a) “express carriage” and “stage carriage” and (b) “tramcar” to be construed in accordance with Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16): ibid (a) s. 265(1) and (b) Sch. 19 para. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/3-4/26/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:15:02.806616+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}