Visually Impaired Applicants
Applicants are eligible for the Scotland-Wide Free Bus Scheme if
they:
1. Have been certified as blind or partially sighted and in
consequence are registered as blind or partially sighted in a
register maintained by or on behalf of a council constituted under
the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994.
Evidence - written evidence from local
authority, RNIB, or other registered local Blind Society confirming
the applicant is registered as blind or partially sighted on a
register maintained by or on behalf of their local authority.
2. Have been refused a driving licence, or had their licence
revoked, as they would fail to meet the eyesight standard as
defined in section 96(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Evidence - correspondence from the Drivers
Medical Branch at DVLA, letter numbers D206, D235, D220 or NS57
stating that the individual has failed to meet the required
eyesight standards as defined in Section 96(1) or the Road Traffic
Act 1988.
