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Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 673 (C. 17)

Transport, ENGLAND

The Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 (Commencement) (England) Order 2002

Made

12th March 2002

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(1)(1) of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002(2), hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and interpretation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 (Commencement) (England) Order 2002.

Provisions coming into force in England

2.  Section 1 of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 shall come into force on 1st April 2003 as respects England.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Sally Keeble

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

12th March 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings all the substantive provisions of the Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 into force on 1st April 2003 as respects England.

(1)

Section 2(2) provides that an order providng for the commencement of section 1(2) must provide for it to come into force on 1st April in any year; see section 3(2) for the meaning of “appropriate Minister”.