The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Seats

13.—(1) Not less than 10 per cent of the passenger seats in a rail vehicle or 8 passenger seats (whichever is the lesser number) must be designated by signs complying with sub-paragraph (6) as priority seats for the use of disabled persons.

(2) No priority seat may be capable of being tipped up or folded whilst the rail vehicle is used for carriage.

(3) Each priority seat, and the space available to its user, must comply with the specifications shown in diagram C1 and in either diagram C2, C3 or C4 in Schedule 2.

(4) Any armrest fitted to a priority seat must be movable to the extent required to permit unrestricted access by a disabled person to that seat, and any armrest fitted to any other passenger seat must be so moveable if access to a priority seat is gained past it.

(5) If tables or trays (whether fixed, adjustable or folding) are fitted for the use of passengers at not less than 10 per cent of the seats (other than priority seats) in a rail vehicle, a similar table or tray must be fitted for the use of persons in each priority seat.

(6) There must be a sign on or near to a priority seat indicating that disabled persons have priority for the use of that seat.