Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002

1 Eligibility for travel concessions: age

(1) In section 93(7) of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (persons eligible to receive travel concessions outside Greater London), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) persons who have attained the age of sixty years;”.

(2) In section 240(5) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) (persons eligible to receive travel concessions in and around Greater London), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) who have attained the age of 60 years;”.

(3) In section 146 of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) (mandatory travel concessions outside Greater London), for the definition of “elderly person” there is substituted—

““elderly person” means a person who has attained the age of 60 years,”.

(4) The appropriate Minister may by order provide that on and after 6th April 2010 the enactments mentioned in subsections (1) to (3) shall have effect as if for the reference to the age of 60 years there were substituted a reference to—

(a) in the case of a woman, her pensionable age,

(b) in the case of a man, the pensionable age of a woman born on the same day,

(“pensionable age”, in each case, having the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)).

(5) An order made under subsection (4) is to be made by statutory instrument and is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.