Power to alter national concession etc

Variation of scope of the national concession
8
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 the national concession—
a
applies to any person for the time being eligible to receive travel concessions under a scheme under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) or to any such person of a specified description (as well as to any elderly person and any disabled person),
b
applies to travel on any public passenger transport service or to travel on any such service of a specified description (as well as to travel on an eligible service and the London bus network),
c
in relation to any person to whom the national concession applies by virtue of paragraph (a), provides for a concession not amounting to a waiver of the fare,
d
in relation to any person to whom the national concession applies by virtue of paragraph (a), applies, or does not apply, to a journey beginning at a specified time, or
e
in relation to any elderly person or any disabled person, applies to a journey beginning at a specified time (as well as to a journey beginning at a relevant time).
2
In this section “the national concession” means the travel concession 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.
3
In this section “London bus network” has the meaning given by section 181 of the 1999 Act.
4
Expressions used in this section and in Part 2 of the 2000 Act have the same meaning in this section as in that Part (see sections 146 and 162 of that Act).
S. 8 in force at 17.10.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/2799, art. 2 (with art. 4)
S. 8 in force at 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2007/2799, art. 3 (with art. 4)