The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1746
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2008 and come into force on the fifth day after the day on which they are made, or the 1st July 2008, whichever is later.

Section 2 Amendments to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998

(1) The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)(interpretation), after the definition of “contrast” insert—

“ conventional TEN rail system ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(3) of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006 ;

“ high-speed rail system ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(3) of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006;

(3) In regulation 3 (application of regulations)—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1), insert “ Subject to paragraph (3), ” ; and

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

(3) These Regulations do not apply to rail vehicles used in the provision of a service for the carriage of passengers on—

(a) the high-speed rail system; or

(b) the conventional TEN rail system.

Section 3 Amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 2005

(1) Section 6 of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (rail vehicles: application of accessibility regulations) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (2) substitute—

(2) In subsection (6) of that section—

(a) before the first definition there is inserted—

“ conventional TEN rail system ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(3) of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006;

“ high-speed rail system ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(3) of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006;

(b) for the definition of “rail vehicle” there is substituted—

“ rail vehicle ” means a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry passengers on any railway, tramway or prescribed system other than a vehicle used in the provision of a service for the carriage of passengers on the high-speed rail system or the conventional TEN rail system;

Section 4 Amendments to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006

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