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| Concessionary Bus Travel Bill [Lords]
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| [first and second Sittings]
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 5th June; |
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| | (b) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 7th June; |
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| | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 5; |
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| | Schedule 1; Clauses 6 to 13; Schedules 2 and 3; Clauses 14 to 16; new |
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| | Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 7th June. |
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| | That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the |
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| | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the definition of |
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| | “eligible journey” to be extended to a journey on one train, underground train, |
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| | tram, ferry or community transport.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | If a disabled person is unable to access mainstream public transport as a result of |
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| | the person’s impairment the travel concession authority in England shall mark |
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| | that clearly on the permit. |
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| | (2B) | Where a person whose current statutory travel concession permit is marked in |
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| | accordance with subsection (2A) the person shall be entitled to a waiver of the |
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| | fare for a journey when using a dial a ride vehicle, community transport service, |
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| | Hackney carriage vehicle or other door to door transport. |
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| | (2C) | The Secretary of State shall issue guidance to travel concession authorities in |
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| | England to which they shall have regard in determining for the purposes of |
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| | subsection (2A) whether a disabled person needs to travel by door to door |
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| | (2D) | Before issuing guidance under subsection (2C), the Secretary of State shall |
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| | (a) | the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; |
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| | (b) | associations representative of travel concession authorities; and |
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| | (c) | such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the definition of |
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| | “eligible journey” to exclude services which are primarily for the purposes of |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the definition of |
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| | “eligible journey” to exclude services which have limited stops or are not |
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| | primarily local services.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | If a disabled person requires the assistance of a companion to travel on journeys |
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| | on public transport services, the travel concession authority in England other than |
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| | a London authority must mark that clearly on the permit. |
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| | (4B) | Where a person whose current statutory travel concession permit is marked in |
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| | accordance with subsection (4A) is entitled under this section to a waiver of the |
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| | fare for a journey, one companion travelling on the journey with the person (and |
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| | nominated by the person as the person’s companion for that journey) is also |
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| | entitled to a waiver of the fare for the journey. |
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| | (4C) | The Secretary of State shall issue guidance to travel concession authorities in |
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| | England to which they must have regard in determining for subsection (4A) |
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| | whether a disabled person needs a companion in order to travel.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | For the purposes of this section a person whose ability to travel is impaired by a |
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| | mental disorder within the meaning of section 1 of the Mental Health Act 1983 |
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| | shall be considered to be a disabled person.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for persons aged 17 |
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| | years and under and those in full time education to be entitled to the concession |
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| | specified in subsection (1).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 17, at end insert ‘, and |
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| | (c) | as is compliant with the ITSO standard, as detailed under Crown |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 22, leave out ‘subsection (6)’ and insert ‘subsections (4C) |
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| Clause 1, page 3, line 2, at end add— |
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| | ‘(12) | Two years after the commencement of this Act the Secretary of State shall |
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| | conduct a review of the definition of an “eligible service” and shall lay before |
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| | Parliament a report setting out his findings.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 3, line 2, at end add— |
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| | ‘(12) | The Secretary of State shall by regulations specify arrangements for the purposes |
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| | (13) | Regulations under subsection (12) may include— |
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| | (a) | provisions for a national database of permits; |
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| | (b) | requirements for travel concession authorities to provide information |
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| | about permits and permit holders; and |
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| | (c) | requirements for travel concession authorities and operators to take such |
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| | steps as are practicable to prevent the use of permits which are not valid.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 3, line 2, at end add— |
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| | ‘(12) | The Secretary of State may issue guidance to travel concession authorities in |
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| | England to which they must have regard in determining which services can be |
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| | excluded from the national concession.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In the definition of “eligible service” for paragraph (b) substitute— |
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| | “(b) | after that time, a bus service of a class specified by a travel |
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| | concession authority.”.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | Two years after the commencement of this Act the Secretary of State shall |
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| | conduct a review into the reimbursement of operators by travel concession |
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| | authorities and shall lay before Parliament a report setting out his findings.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | After subsection (1) (as substituted by subsection (2) above) insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The Secretary of State shall provide to each travel concession authority |
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| | in England by means of a direct annual revenue grant sufficient funding |
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| | for the authority to comply with its obligation to reimburse operators |
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| | under subsection (1).”.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 4, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In subsection (1) for “subsection (3) below” substitute “subsections (1A) and (3) |
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| | (1B) | After subsection (1) insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The London Authorities shall enter into arrangements with Transport for |
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| | London under subsection (1) above in respect of journeys falling within |
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| | section 241(2) below.”.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 4, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ba) | after sub-paragraph (ix) insert— |
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| | “(x) | whose ability to travel is impaired by a mental disorder |
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| | within the meaning of section 1 of the Mental Health Act |
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| | 1983 shall be considered to be a disabled person.”’. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 25, leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | For subsection (1) substitute— |
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| | “(1) | If immediately before 1st January in any financial year it appears to |
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| | Transport for London that the arrangements under section 240(1) for |
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| | travel concessions for the next financial year— |
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| | (a) | do not meet the requirements of section 242 below as to scope, |
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| | (b) | do not meet the requirements of section 243 below as to |
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| | | Transport for London shall notify the Secretary of State, and the |
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| | arrangements for the current financial year shall be carried forward with |
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| | such adjustments as the Secretary of State may in writing specify for the |
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| | purpose of ensuring that travel concessions are preserved for all eligible |
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| | England residents and that additional travel concessions are preserved for |
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| | eligible London residents.”.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 30, after ‘(2)’, insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | for “a particular local authority or” substitute “the”; |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | Omit subsection (5).’. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 4, leave out subsection (7) and insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | Omit Schedule 16 to the 1999 Act (the London free travel scheme).’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 13, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1B) | The Secretary of State shall make such payments to London authorities as he |
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| | considers appropriate to ensure that permits in London meet the national standard |
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| | and can continue to be validated on vehicles operating on the London Bus |
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| Schedule 1, page 13, line 18, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | After paragraph 5(7) insert— |
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| | “(8) | Where a London authority considers the amount notified by |
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| | Transport for London under paragraph 5(1) to be excessive— |
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| | (a) | the authority may within 7 days of being notified by |
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| | Transport for London apply to the Secretary of State to |
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| | review the proposed charge; and |
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| | (b) | if the Secretary of State agrees that the proposed charge is |
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| | excessive, then he shall notify both Transport for London |
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| | and the authority of an alternative lower amount.”.’. |
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| Page 12, line 2, leave out Schedule 1. |
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| Clause 6, page 5, line 41, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(8C) | If a disabled person is unable to access mainstream public transport as a result of |
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| | their impairment the London travel concession authority shall mark that clearly |
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| | (8D) | Where a person whose current statutory travel concession permit is marked in |
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| | accordance with subsection (8C) they shall be entitled to a waiver of the fare for |
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| | a journey when using a dial a ride vehicle, community transport service, Hackney |
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| | carriage vehicle or other door to door transport. |
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| | (8E) | The Secretary of State shall issue guidance to travel concession authorities in |
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| | London to which they shall have regard in determining for the purposes of |
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| | subsection (8C) whether a disabled person needs to travel by door to door |
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| | (8F) | Before issuing guidance under subsection (8E) the Secretary of State shall |
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| | (a) | the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; |
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| | (b) | associations representative of travel concession authorities; and |
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| | (c) | such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.’. |
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| Clause 7, page 6, line 15, at end insert — |
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| | ‘(3A) | After subsection (5) insert— |
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| | “(5A) | If a disabled person requires the assistance of a companion to travel on |
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| | journeys on public transport services, the London travel concession |
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| | authority must mark that clearly on the permit. |
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| | (5B) | Where a person whose current statutory travel concession permit is |
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| | marked in accordance with subsection (5A) is entitled under this section |
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| | to a waiver of the fare for a journey, one companion travelling on the |
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| | journey with the person (and nominated by the person as the person’s |
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| | companion for that journey) is also entitled to a waiver of the fare for the |
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| | (5C) | The Secretary of State shall issue guidance to travel concession |
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| | authorities in London to which they must have regard in determining for |
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| | the purposes of subsection (5A) whether a disabled person needs a |
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| | companion in order to travel. |
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| | (5D) | Before issuing guidance under subsection (5C) the Secretary of State |
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| | (a) | the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; |
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| | (b) | associations representative of travel concession authorities; and |
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| | (c) | such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.”.’. |
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