The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Great Eastern Railway Class 360 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/1562
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Great Eastern Railway Class 360 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th July 2003.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In this Order “the exempted vehicles” means the rail vehicles numbered 72551 to 72571, which form part of the fleet of electric multiple-units numbered 360101 to 360121, manufactured by Siemens plc for use by Great Eastern Railway Limited.

(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered regulation is a reference to a regulation bearing that number in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 .

Section 3 Authorisation and exemption

Subject to articles 4 and 5, the exempted vehicles are hereby authorised to be used for carriage even though they do not conform with regulation 14(b), in so far as it applies to a folding nappy-changing table in any toilet cubicle to which regulation 20 applies.

Section 4 Expiry

The exemption given by article 3 in respect of regulation 14(b) shall cease at the end of October 2018.

Section 5 Expiry

The authorisation given by article 3 shall cease forthwith in respect of any exempted vehicle if the electric multiple-unit of which that vehicle forms a part is operated by a person other than Great Eastern Railway Limited unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person.