The Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000

Transitional provisions about concessionary travel outside Greater London

3.—(1) A document (in this article referred to as a “current permit”) which—

(a) is a document issued by a travel concession authority pursuant to a travel concession scheme made by that authority under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985(1) for the purpose of providing evidence that a person is eligible to receive travel concessions under that scheme,

(b) has been issued before 1st June 2001, and

(c) is held on 1st June 2001 by a person who is an elderly or disabled person,

shall, subject as provided in paragraph (2) below, be treated for the purposes of section 145 of the Act as a statutory travel concession permit.

(2) A current permit shall cease to be treated as a statutory travel concession permit from the date upon which—

(a) it ceases to be valid for the purposes of the scheme made by the authority under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985, or

(b) the authority issues a statutory travel concession permit to that elderly or disabled person upon an application made under section 145(2) of the Act.

whichever date first occurs.

(3) Notwithstanding that a current permit is treated by virtue of this article as a statutory travel concession permit, section 145(2) of the Act shall not be construed so as to require the authority which issued it to refund any payment, or any part of a payment, made in respect of the issue of the permit.

(1)

1985 c. 67.