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.