The free travel scheme8
1
During the transitional period, Schedule 16 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (the free travel scheme) shall have effect with the following modifications.
2
London Regional Transport shall be taken to be included among the persons required to be consulted under paragraph 2(6).
3
London Regional Transport shall be taken to be included among the persons required to be notified under paragraph 3.
4
The costs mentioned in paragraph 5(4)(b) shall be taken to include any payments which Transport for London has made, or proposes to make, to London Regional Transport for the purpose of securing the provision of free travel under the free travel scheme for the year in question in respect of—
a
the revenue by way of fares which London Regional Transport estimates that it and any of its subsidiaries have lost or will lose in the year in question in consequence of the provision of free travel under the scheme; and
b
any other cost which London Regional Transport has incurred or estimates that it will incur in the year in question in connection with providing, or for the purpose of securing the provision of, free travel under the scheme (including any payments that LRT has made or proposes to make for that purpose to any person with whom they have entered into an arrangement by virtue of section 3(2) or (2A) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984).