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Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 385

Public Passenger Transport, England

The Mandatory Travel Concession (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Made

19th March 2018

Laid before Parliament

23rd March 2018

Coming into force

11th May 2018

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 149(3), 150(6) and (7) and 160(1)(b) and (c) of the Transport Act 2000(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Mandatory Travel Concession (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 11th May 2018.

Amendment of Regulations

2.—(1) The Mandatory Travel Concession (England) Regulations 2011(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and cessation), omit paragraph (3).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Nusrat Ghani

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

19th March 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Mandatory Travel Concession (England) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”) to ensure the continuation of the 2011 Regulations. The 2011 Regulations make provision for the reimbursement arrangements between travel concession authorities and operators of public passenger transport services providing concessions under section 145A of the Transport Act 2000.

Regulation 2(2) omits regulation 1(3) of the 2011 Regulations which states that the 2011 Regulations cease to have effect on 12th May 2018.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.