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Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007
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8Variation of scope of the national concessionE+W
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(1)The Secretary of State may by order amend Part 2 of the 2000 Act and Chapter 8 of Part 4 of the 1999 Act for or in connection with securing that the national concession—
(a)applies to any person for the time being eligible to receive travel concessions under a scheme under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) or to any such person of a specified description (as well as to any elderly person and any disabled person),
(b)applies to travel on any public passenger transport service or to travel on any such service of a specified description (as well as to travel on an eligible service and the London bus network),
(c)in relation to any person to whom the national concession applies by virtue of paragraph (a), provides for a concession not amounting to a waiver of the fare,
(d)in relation to any person to whom the national concession applies by virtue of paragraph (a), applies, or does not apply, to a journey beginning at a specified time, or
(e)in relation to any elderly person or any disabled person, applies to a journey beginning at a specified time (as well as to a journey beginning at a relevant time).
(2)In this section “the national concession” means the travel concession to which certain persons whose sole or principal residence is in England are entitled—
(a)under section 145A(1) of the 2000 Act, and
(b)by virtue of section 242(8) of, or paragraph A1 of Schedule 16 to, the 1999 Act.
(3)In this section “London bus network” has the meaning given by section 181 of the 1999 Act.
(4)Expressions used in this section and in Part 2 of the 2000 Act have the same meaning in this section as in that Part (see sections 146 and 162 of that Act).
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I1S. 8 in force at 17.10.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/2799, art. 2 (with art. 4)
I2S. 8 in force at 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2007/2799, art. 3 (with art. 4)
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