1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (Variation of Reimbursement and Other Administrative Arrangements) Order 2010.
(2) The following provisions of this Order come into force on 1st May 2010—
(a)this article, and
(b)for the purposes listed in paragraph (4), article 2(1) and (3).
(3) The following provisions of this Order come into force on 1st April 2011—
(a)article 2(1) and (3), so far as not already in force, and
(b)articles 2(2) and 3 to 5.
(4) The purposes mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) are—
(a)enabling a non-unitary county council, pursuant to sections 149 and 150 of the Transport Act 2000(1), to publish proposals for reimbursement arrangements in respect of journeys beginning on or after 1st April 2011 and to agree or determine such arrangements,
(b)enabling an operator who may be affected by such arrangements, or proposed arrangements, to apply for a modification of the arrangements under section 150 of that Act, and
(c)enabling the Secretary of State to take such steps as are necessary to determine any such application and to give a direction in relation to the application under section 150 of that Act.
(5) In this article—
“non-unitary county council” means a council of a county in England except so far as it is the council for an area for which there are no district councils;
“reimbursement arrangements” means arrangements for the reimbursement of operators of services for providing concessions under section 145A of the Transport Act 2000.
2000 c. 38; sections 149 and 150 were amended by section 3 of the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007.