Restrictions on use of information in connection with hearings
30.—(1) This regulation applies to information relating to the reimbursement of a relevant operator and received by an authority from that operator pursuant to reimbursement arrangements.
(2) In this regulation “relevant operator” means an operator of public transport services on which there is an entitlement to mandatory travel concessions.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision of regulations 24 to 28, any statement or document submitted or sent by an authority, and any statement made on behalf of an authority appearing before a person appointed by the National Assembly, must not contain any information to which this regulation applies unless the relevant operator has given its consent in writing to such inclusion.