Exemption
7.—(1) The exemption given in respect of regulation 16(1)(c) shall cease, in accordance with paragraph (2) below, if the operator of an exempted vehicle does not notify the Secretary of State in writing of any physical injury which is suffered by a disabled person in a wheelchair in an exempted vehicle.
(2) The notification referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be made within a period of seven days, starting with the date on which that injury occurred, and the exemption shall cease forthwith at the end of that seven day period if such notification is not made.
(3) Where such an injury comes to the notice of the Secretary of State, if it is his opinion that conformity with regulation 16(1)(c) would have prevented that injury, he may notify the operator of the exempted vehicles in writing that the exemption given in respect of regulation 16(1)(c) will cease three months after the date on which such notice is given.