s 47A Rail vehicle accessibility compliance certificates
1 A regulated rail vehicle to which this subsection applies shall not be used for carriage unless a rail vehicle accessibility compliance certificate is in force for the vehicle. (2) Subsection (1) applies to a regulated rail vehicle if the vehicle— (a) is prescribed; or (b) is of a prescribed class or description. (3) A rail vehicle accessibility compliance certificate is a certificate that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the regulated rail vehicle conforms with those provisions of rail vehicle accessibility regulations with which the vehicle is required to conform. (4) A rail vehicle accessibility compliance certificate may provide that it is subject to conditions specified in the certificate. (5) Subsection (6) applies where— (a) the Secretary of State refuses an application for the issue of a rail vehicle accessibility compliance certificate for a regulated rail vehicle; and (b) before the end of the prescribed period, the applicant asks the Secretary of State to review the decision and pays any fee fixed under section 47C. (6) The Secretary of State shall— (a) review the decision; and (b) in doing so, consider any representations made to him in writing, before the end of the prescribed period, by the applicant.