The Mandatory Travel Concessions (Reimbursement Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Limitation on requirements for certain information

12.—(1) This regulation applies to information on or concerning the following subjects—

(a)the total number of passengers of all descriptions carried by an operator on services on which mandatory travel concessions are at any time provided; and

(b)the amount of the fares received by the operator from such passengers.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, an operator may only be required to supply information to which this regulation applies in relation to all the services which that operator provides and on which mandatory travel concessions are provided.

(3) Where arrangements provide for the division of the area of a travel concession authority into different parts, an operator may be required to supply information to which this regulation applies in relation to each part, but not if this will require him to disclose the numbers of passengers carried on any particular service or group of services provided by him or (as the case may be) the amount of the fares received by him from those passengers.

(4) Provision may be made, in any case where information to which this regulation applies is supplied in accordance with arrangements giving effect to this regulation, for the information to be accompanied by a certificate of its accuracy and completeness given by a responsible person.

(5) In paragraph (4) of this regulation “responsible person” means a person who is a member of one or more of the following bodies—

(a)the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;

(b)the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;

(c)the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants;

(d)such other professional accountancy body as the authority may approve in writing for the purposes of this paragraph.

(6) If an authority requires information to be accompanied by a certificate of its accuracy and completeness supplied by a responsible person in accordance with paragraph (4) any reasonable additional expense incurred by an operator by reason of that requirement is to be re-imbursed by the authority and for that purpose is to be deemed to form part of the balance payable under regulation 5(3) in respect of the relevant payment period during which the authority was provided with full particulars of such expense.