Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007

10 Reciprocal arrangements for providing travel concessions

(1) The Secretary of State may by order amend Part 2 of the 2000 Act and Chapter 8 of Part 4 of the 1999 Act for or in connection with securing that English travel concessions are also provided, or are to a specified extent also provided, to—

(a) Welsh permit holders,

(b) Scottish permit holders,

(c) Northern Irish permit holders, or

(d) any specified class of such persons.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may by order amend Part 2 of the 2000 Act for or in connection with securing that Welsh travel concessions are also provided, or are to a specified extent also provided, to—

(a) English permit holders,

(b) Scottish permit holders,

(c) Northern Irish permit holders, or

(d) any specified class of such persons.

(3) An order under subsection (1) or (2) may limit the extent to which English travel concessions or Welsh travel concessions are to be provided to persons by virtue of the order by reference, in particular, to—

(a) the service on which the concession is to be provided;

(b) the time at which a journey on which the concession is to be provided begins;

(c) the value of the concession which is to be provided.

(4) An order under subsection (1) or (2) may also, in particular, make provision for or in connection with securing that a person is not to be entitled to a concession on a journey by virtue of the order if he would, apart from the order, have been entitled to a concession on that journey.

(5) An order under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision for or in connection with securing that an operator providing concessions on a journey by virtue of the order is reimbursed by the travel concession authority in whose area the journey begins.

(6) The power of the Secretary of State under—

(a) section 145A(5) of the 2000 Act,

(b) section 243(7) of the 1999 Act, or

(c) paragraph 4(1A) of Schedule 16 to that Act,

to specify the form of a permit includes power to specify its form for the purposes of any concession to which an English permit holder may become entitled, whether by virtue of an order under subsection (2) or otherwise.

(7) The power of the Welsh Ministers to approve the form of a permit for the purpose of section 145B(2) of the 2000 Act includes power to approve its form for the purposes of any concession to which a Welsh permit holder may become entitled, whether by virtue of an order under subsection (1) or otherwise.

(8) In this section—

• “English travel concessions” means the travel concessions to which certain persons whose sole or principal residence is in England are entitled—

  (a)

  under section 145A(1) of the 2000 Act, and

  (b)

  by virtue of section 242(8) of, or paragraph A1 of Schedule 16 to, the 1999 Act;

• “Welsh travel concessions” means the travel concessions to which certain persons who are resident in Wales are entitled under section 145B(1) and (2) of the 2000 Act.

(9) In this section—

• “English permit holder” means—

  (a)

  a person to whom a current travel concession permit has been issued under section 145A(4) of the 2000 Act by a travel concession authority in England (other than a London authority),

  (b)

  a person to whom a current travel concession permit relating to the travel concession specified in section 242(8) and (8A) of the 1999 Act has been issued by a London authority, or

  (c)

  a person to whom a current travel concession permit has been issued by a London authority pursuant to paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 16 to that Act;

• “Northern Irish permit holder” means a person to whom a current travel concession permit has been issued on behalf of the Department for Regional Development for the purposes of any agreement made under Article 5(1) of the Transport (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/599 (N.I. 10));

• “Scottish permit holder” means a person to whom a current travel concession permit has been issued under a national travel concession scheme made under section 40 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12);

• “Welsh permit holder” means a person to whom a current travel concession permit (in a form approved by the Welsh Ministers) has been issued under section 145B(3) of the 2000 Act by a travel concession authority in Wales.

(10) In this section “London authority” and “travel concession authority” have the meaning given by section 146 of the 2000 Act.