Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 459
Public Passenger Transport, England
The Travel Concessions (Eligibility)(England) Order 2010
Made
24th February 2010
Laid before Parliament
1st March 2010
Coming into force
6th April 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(4) of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Travel Concessions (Eligibility)(England) Order 2010 and comes into force on 6th April 2010.
(2) This Order applies in relation to England only.
Eligibility for travel concessions: age
2. —(1) Section 93(7)(a) of the Transport Act 1985 ( 2 ), section 240(5)(a)(i) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 ( 3 ) and the definition of “elderly person” in section 146 of the Transport Act 2000 ( 4 ) shall have effect as if for the reference to the age of 60 years there were substituted a reference to—
(a) in the case of a woman, her pensionable age,
(b) in the case of a man, the pensionable age of a woman born on the same day.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 ( 5 ).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Sadiq Khan
Minister of State
Department for Transport
24th February 2010
2002 c.4 .
1985 c.67 ; section 93(7)(a) was amended by section 1(1) of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002.
1999 c.29 ; section 240(5) was amended by section 151(4) of the Transport Act 2000 ( 2000 c.38 ), section 1(2) of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 and section 4(2) of the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 ( 2007 c.13 ).
Section 146 was amended by section 1(3) of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002.