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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/599",
  "legislation_title": "Transport (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Concessionary fares and grants in respect thereof",
  "text": "(1) The Department of the Environment may with the approval of the Department of Finance enter into an agreement with passenger transport undertakings whereby the undertakings charge such concessionary fares, or accept such tokens for the payment of fares, to such categories of passengers as are specified in the agreement.\n(2) Where an agreement is entered into under sub-section (1), the Department may pay to the undertakings a grant of such amount as may be agreed between the Department and the undertakings and approved by the Department of Finance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/599/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:32.563706+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}