Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 3224
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT, ENGLAND
The Travel Concessions (Extension of Entitlement) (England) Order 2005
Made
22nd November 2005
Laid before Parliament
28th November 2005
Coming into force
All provisions other than article 3
30th December 2005
Article 3
1st April 2006
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Travel Concessions (Extension of Entitlement) (England) Order 2005.
(2) This article and article 2 shall come into force on 30th December 2005.
(3) Article 3 shall come into force on 1st April 2006.
Amendment of the Greater London Authority Act 1999
2. —(1) The Greater London Authority Act 1999 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 242 (reserve free travel scheme for London residents: requirements as to scope)—
(a) in subsection (8), for “half-price concession” substitute “waiver of the fare”, and
(b) omit subsection (9).
Amendment of the Transport Act 2000
3. —(1) The Transport Act 2000 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 145 (mandatory concessions outside Greater London), in subsection (1), for “be provided with a half-price travel concession” substitute “a concession consisting of a waiver of the fare for the journey”.
(3) In section 146 (mandatory concessions: supplementary), omit the definition of “a half-price travel concession”.
(4) In section 162 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (1), omit the definition of “half-price travel concession”.
(5) The amendments made by this article have effect as respects England only.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Karen Buck
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
22nd November 2005
1999 c. 29 ; section 242 was amended by the Transport Act 2000, section 151.