# Transport Act 2000, Section 146: Mandatory concessions: supplementary.

Extent: E+W

(1) (a) In this Part—
“disabled person” means a person who—
(a)is blind or partially sighted,
(b)is profoundly or severely deaf,
(c)is without speech,
(d)has a disability, or has suffered an injury, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to walk,
(e)does not have arms or has long-term loss of the use of both arms,
(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
(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,
“elderly person” means a person who has attained the age of 60 years,
“eligible service” means—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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),
“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,
“London authority” means a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London,
“relevant time” means—
(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
(b)a time during the period from 9.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on any other day, and
“travel concession authority” means—
(a) a council of a non-metropolitan district in England comprised in an area for which there is no county council,
(b) a county council in England,
(ba) a London authority,
(c)a Passenger Transport Executive for an integrated transport area in England, ...
(cza)a combined authority,
(czb)a combined county authority,
(ca) the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or
(d)a county council or county borough council in Wales,
(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—
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/146 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-146
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