The Travel Concession Schemes Regulations 1986

11.—(1) For any purposes relating to the calculation of reimbursement payments for operators of eligible services an authority may divide the area covered by a scheme into such number of parts as they consider to be appropriate.

(2) When calculating such payments an authority may take into account the carrying capacity provided for passengers in different vehicles or in different classes of vehicle.

(3) Except in any case where paragraph (2) of regulation 9 has effect, and also, in relation only to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph, except in relation to any operator of an eligible service whose fares for journeys on that service include a special amenity element (within the meaning of section 96(6) of the Act), calculations of fares value in relation to a particular operator of eligible services may be based on—

(a) the fares normally paid by passengers on a service or services provided by that operator;

(b) the average of all such fares; or

(c) the average of all the fares normally paid to all operators of eligible services participating in the scheme in question.