(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Young Persons (Scotland) Order 2021 (the “2021 Order”). Article 2 of this Order amends article 12 of the 2021 Order which makes provision as to the reimbursement of operators participating in the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Young Persons (“the Scheme”) including the basis of the reimbursement calculation by providing separate reimbursement rates for eligible persons aged 5 to 15 years old and eligible persons aged 16 to 21 years old. Additionally, Article 2 of this Order amends article 16 of the 2021 Order to the effect that persons aged 5 to 21 years old are eligible persons for the purposes of the Scheme. Previously persons aged 5 to 18 years old were eligible persons for the purposes of the Scheme.