PART IIARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN OPERATORS AND AUTHORITIES

Reimbursement arrangements: operators of eligible services

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, it shall be an objective (but not a duty) of an authority when formulating reimbursement arrangements for operators of eligible services to provide that such operators receive appropriate reimbursement for providing concessions to the persons eligible to receive those concessions.

(2) In paragraph (1) of this regulation “appropriate reimbursementin relation to an operator means appropriate in the light of the total number and fares value of journeys made by persons eligible to receive concessions on the services provided by that operator.