# Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2026, Section 18: Travel concession passes


(1) The Transport (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 5(2), for “sub-section (1)” substitute “paragraph (1)”.
(3) After Article 5(2), insert—
“(3) The Department may by regulations provide for a fee to be payable for the issue of—
(a) a travel concession pass, or
(b) a duplicate of a travel concession pass in replacement of a lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed one.
(4) In paragraph (3), “travel concession pass” means, in relation to a concessionary fare under an agreement under paragraph (1), a document in any form issued by or on behalf of the Department that a passenger is required to present in order to receive the concessionary fare under the agreement.
(5) The regulations may set a fee at an amount that exceeds the cost of issuing the pass concerned.
(6) But in setting fees the Department must aim to ensure that the income from them in a given financial year does not exceed the costs arising from the issue of passes under the agreement in that financial year.
(7) The Department may not make regulations under paragraph (3) unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/10/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-18
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