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The National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Eligible Persons and Eligible Services) (Scotland) Order 2006
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- 2006 No. 117
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This Order, made under section 40(7) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), specifies “eligible persons” and “eligible services” for the purposes of the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (“the Scheme”)(1).
Article 3 specifies who is an eligible person for the purposes of the Scheme. To be eligible a person must be resident in Scotland and fall within one of the classes of person described in article 3(a) (k). These classes include those persons who are 60 or over (article 3(a)), in receipt of certain benefits relating to disability (article 3(b)), registered as blind or partially sighted (article 3(c)) or deaf (article 3(d)). Article 3(k) provides that persons who are travel companions assisting certain categories of eligible persons will be eligible persons but only where they commence and terminate their journey at the same locations as the eligible person they are assisting.
Article 4 makes transitional provision relating to travel card holders under local authority travel concession schemes, and specifies the circumstances in which they shall be an eligible person for the purposes of the Scheme.
Article 5 specifies which services are eligible services for purposes of the Scheme.
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The Scheme provided for by the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/107).
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