Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 52(3) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments
Transport
Made
2020
Coming into force
1st April 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 40(1), (3) and (4) and 52(4) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 52(3) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
1. This Order may be cited as the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 and comes into force on 1 April 2020.
2.—(1) The National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Order 2006(2) is amended as follows.
(2) At the end of article 12(2B)(j) insert—
“;
(k)for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2020 £226,100,000.”.
(3) In article 12(2D)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (f) omit “and”,
(b)at the end of paragraph (g) insert—
“;
(h)55.9% for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2020.”.
Name
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
Date
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends article 12 of the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Order 2006 to set the capped level of funding and the reimbursement rate for the financial year 2020/21 (article 2).
A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (“BRIA”) has been prepared in relation to this Order and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies of the BRIA are available from Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF and on line at www.legislation.gov.uk.
S.S.I. 2006/107, amended by S.S.I. 2010/140, S.S.I. 2013/114, S.S.I. 2015/133, S.S.I. 2017/71, S.S.I. 2018/98, and S.S.I. 2019/119.