4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), Regulation 181/2011 does not apply to any domestic bus and coach passengers regular service during the initial exemption period.
(2) The exemption in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to Articles 4(2), 9, 10(1), 16(1)(b) and (2), 17(1) and (2) and 24 to 28 (inclusive) of Regulation 181/2011.
(3) In this regulation—
“domestic bus and coach passenger regular service” means a regular service to which Regulation 181/2011 applies and which is operated exclusively within Northern Ireland by a carrier;
“initial exemption period” means the period which ends on 28th February 2017.