{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-146",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-146.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "section/146",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "146",
  "heading": "Mandatory concessions: supplementary.",
  "text": "(1) (a) In this Part—\n“disabled person” means a person who—\n(a)is blind or partially sighted,\n(b)is profoundly or severely deaf,\n(c)is without speech,\n(d)has a disability, or has suffered an injury, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to walk,\n(e)does not have arms or has long-term loss of the use of both arms,\n(f)has a learning disability, that is, a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning, or\n(g)would, if he applied for the grant of a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, have his application refused pursuant to section 92 of that Act (physical fitness) otherwise than on the ground of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol,\n“elderly person” means a person who has attained the age of 60 years,\n“eligible service” means—\n(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b)... a bus service of a class specified in an order made by the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales),\n“a half-price travel concession”, in relation to a journey, means reduction of the fare for the journey to not more than one-half of that applicable to an adult who is not entitled to any reduction,\n“London authority” means a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London,\n“relevant time” means—\n(a)any time on a Saturday or Sunday or on any day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, or\n(b)a time during the period from 9.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on any other day, and\n“travel concession authority” means—\n(a) a council of a non-metropolitan district in England comprised in an area for which there is no county council,\n(b) a county council in England,\n(ba) a London authority,\n(c)a Passenger Transport Executive for an integrated transport area in England, ...\n(cza)a combined authority,\n(czb)a combined county authority,\n(ca) the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or\n(d)a county council or county borough council in Wales,\n(2) A county council or a council of a non-metropolitan district is not a travel concession authority for the purposes of this Part where—\n(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\n(b) the combined authority or combined county authority has completed its first full financial year.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 146 renumbered as s. 146(1) (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 14(a) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 substituted (1.4.2003) by Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 (c. 4), ss. 1(3), 2; S.I. 2002/673, art. 2; S.I. 2002/3014, art. 2; S.I. 2002/673, art. 2; S.I. 2002/3014, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 146(1) repealed (1.5.2002 for E. and 14.8.2002 for W.) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. II; S.I. 2002/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 (with transitional provisions in art. 3); S.I. 2002/2024, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definition of “a half-price travel concession” in s. 146 omitted (E.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Travel Concessions (Extension of Entitlement) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3224), arts. 1(3), 3(3) (with art. 3(5)) but subsequently extended (E.) (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), s. 15(1), Sch. 2 para. 12; S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 inserted (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), ss. 2(2), 15(1); S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 substituted (1.4.2011) by The Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (Variation of Reimbursement and Other Administrative Arrangements) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1179), arts. 1(3)(b), 2(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 substituted (1.5.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by The Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (Variation of Reimbursement and Other Administrative Arrangements) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1179), arts. 1(2)(b)(3)(a), 2(3) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 inserted (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), ss. 2(3)(a), 15(1); S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 substituted (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in s. 146 repealed (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), s. 15(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 146(1) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 14(b) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 146 inserted (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), ss. 2(3)(b), 15(1); S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "S. 146(2) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 14(c) (with s. 102)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 146: power to amend conferred (1.4.2003) by Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 (c. 4), ss. 1(4), 2; S.I. 2002/673, art. 2; S.I. 2002/3014, art. 2; S.I. 2002/673, art. 2; S.I. 2002/3014, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 146 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Travel Concessions (Eligibility)(England) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/459), arts. 1(1), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 146: functions made exercisable concurrently (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 15(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Ss. 112-159: transfer of functions (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 146 wholly in force at 1.8.2001; s. 146 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 146 in force (E.) (1.1.2001 and 1.2.2001 for specified purposes otherwise 1.6.2001) by S.I. 2000/3229, art. 2, Sch. Pts. I, IV; s. 146 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/146",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+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."
}