We are thankful, in particular, for the softening of the edges of the penalty area.
This could also risk putting an authority into the penalty area.
In some cases, they can theoretically attract all the grant lost in the penalty area if they continue to spend.
Those authorities have discovered that if they continue to spend through the penalty area where they lose grant, they begin to attract grant again.
Some local authorities will move into the penalty area as a result of the extra burden of paying for the concessionary fares scheme.
It could be that one authority which was getting very near to the penalty area could be successful in obtaining a grant under this scheme.
That is in the fixed penalty area.
This leads us into the penalty area where the maximum fine is a penalty of £50 and an alternative of six months' imprisonment if this is not paid.
