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Local Transport Bill [HL] Bill

I am grateful to my noble friend for raising this issue. I assure him that there is no problem legislatively about the meaning of ““fare”” in the clause. The wording would be inserted in Part 2 of the Transport Act 2000. Section 162 of that Act applies the definition of ““fares”” used in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981. That definition reads as follows: "““‘fares’ include sums payable in respect of a contract ticket or a season ticket””." Although the term ““contract ticket”” is no longer in common use, we all understand what a season ticket is. Anything like a weekend travelcard or even a day rover ticket would be included in the term. It is therefore safe to say that any payment for a ticket that entitles a passenger to one or more journeys is constructed as a ““fare””. The term covers all eventualities. I hope that having heard that brief explanation my noble friend will withdraw his amendment.