Regulation 17
This regulation applies to operators of eligible services in respect of whom any one of the following conditions are satisfied—
the vehicles normally used by him in providing services on which concessions are available have 8 or less seats available for fare-paying passengers;
the mileage run by such vehicles is less than 150,000 miles per annum within the area covered by the scheme during times at which concessions are available;
except during the first 3 months of operation of a scheme, there has not expired a period of 3 months commencing with the date on which the operator is admitted to participation in the scheme in respect of a service or (if appropriate) becomes subject to the obligation imposed by a participation notice to provide concessions on a service.
Without prejudice to regulation 9(6), an operator to whom this regulation applies may not be required to supply any information to which regulation 16 applies.