Rights when journey delayed awaiting dependent Two-Together passenger?

[MKB]

I have a situation coming up soon that I was curious about:

Passenger 1 is travelling from A to B to C
Passenger 2 is travelling only from B to C

Passenger 1 holds separate tickets for A-B and B-C. The B-C tickets for poth passengers use a Two Together Railcard and an Advance fare.

The connection at B is tight - just one minute greater than the minimum connection time.

Clearly, if passenger 1 misconnects due to a delay of the A-B train, he is entitled to Delay Repay for the full A-B-C journey, but what are the rights of passenger 2?

- Is passenger 2's ticket valid on the next eligible B-C train given that their ticket would not have been accepted on the booked B-C train without passenger 2 being present?
- Is passenger 2 entitled to Delay Repay for the B-C journey, even though the booked B-C train ran on time?

 

[Snow1964]

It will be normally treated as 2 unconnected transactions

Passenger 1 A-B, then 2 as B-C as if it was separate

However if they both have same booking ref, (were put in basket and collected under same ref) then I am not sure, but I think it will be like an outward and a return under same ref, presumed not to be continuation of first journey

 

[island]

Passenger 2 will need a new ticket.

Passenger 1 will probably be passed after a bit of a debate.

 

[Haywain]

Passenger 2 will need a new ticket.

Passenger 1 will probably be passed after a bit of a debate.

That would result in passenger 1 not having a valid ticket and passenger 2 being financially penalised. I believe that few staff would come to any other conclusion than both continuing their journeys on the next available (and relevant) train.