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Local Transport Act 2008

Section 11:  Duty to have regard to transport needs of disabled persons

65.Section 112(2) of the TA 2000 contains a duty for local transport authorities, when developing their policies under section 108(1) of that Act, to have regard to the transport needs of persons who are “elderly or have mobility problems”.

66.Section 11 amends that duty in two respects. First, it provides that it will extend additionally to the implementation (as well as the development) of local transport policies. Secondly, it extends it to cover the transport needs of all “disabled persons” within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005), in addition to those to whom it already extends.

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