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class="ds_page-header__title">Who can get a disabled persons bus pass</h1> <dl class="ds_page-header__metadata ds_metadata"> <div class="ds_metadata__item"> <dt class="ds_metadata__key">Last updated</dt> <dd class="ds_metadata__value">30 Aug 2022</dd> </div> </dl>   </header> </div>  <div class="ds_layout__navigation"> <nav role="navigation" class="ds_contents-nav" aria-label="Sections"> <h2 class="gamma">Contents</h2> <ul class="ds_contents-nav__list"> <li class="ds_contents-nav__item"> <span class="ds_contents-nav__link ds_current"> Who can get a disabled persons bus pass </span> </li> <li class="ds_contents-nav__item"> <a href="/web/20230220095347/https://www.mygov.scot/disabled-bus-pass/apply-for-a-bus-pass" class="ds_contents-nav__link"> Apply for a disabled persons bus pass </a> </li> <li class="ds_contents-nav__item"> <a href="/web/20230220095347/https://www.mygov.scot/disabled-bus-pass/replace" class="ds_contents-nav__link"> Renew, replace or update a disabled persons bus pass 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condition or learning disability and need to travel to appointments</li> <li>have a terminal illness</li> <li>have a progressive degenerative condition </li> <li>have lost one of more limbs </li> <li>are an injured veteran </li> <li>get war pensioner mobility supplement </li> </ul> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230220095347/https://www.transport.gov.scot/concessionary-travel/60plus-or-disabled/#37403">Read more about who can apply</a> on the Transport Scotland website. </p>  <nav class="ds_sequential-nav" aria-label="Article navigation"> <div class="ds_sequential-nav__item ds_sequential-nav__item--next"> <a title="Next section" href="/web/20230220095347/https://www.mygov.scot/disabled-bus-pass/apply-for-a-bus-pass" class="ds_sequential-nav__button ds_sequential-nav__button--right"> <span class="ds_sequential-nav__text" data-label="next"> Apply for a disabled persons bus pass </span> </a> </div> </nav>  </div>  <div class="ds_layout__sidebar"> <aside 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