The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Applications for Exemption Orders) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Applications for Exemption Orders) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 28 April 2014.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;

“exemption order” means an exemption order under section 47 of the Act(1);

“network” means any permanent way;

“network exemption order” means an exemption order which relates to a specified network;

“operator” in relation to a rail vehicle, means the person having the management of that vehicle;

“rail vehicle” means a rail vehicle constructed or adapted to carry passengers by rail;

“railway” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Railway Safety Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(2)

“RVAR” means the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014(3).

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Applications for exemption orders for rail vehicles

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) an application for an exemption order in respect of a rail vehicle—

(a) may be made by—

(i) the operator of the vehicle; or

(ii) the owner of the vehicle;

(b) must be submitted to the Department in writing; and

(c) must contain the particulars specified in Schedule 1.

(2) Before making an application under paragraph (1) the owner of the rail vehicle must consult the operator of the vehicle, if a different person.

Applications for network exemption orders

4.  An application for a network exemption order—

(a) may be made in respect of a network by a person having ownership or control of that network;

(b) must be submitted to the Department in writing; and

(c) must contain the particulars specified in Schedule 2.

Revocation

5.  The Rail Vehicle (Exemption Applications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(5) are revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 25^th February 2014.

Tom Reid

A senior officer of the

Department for Regional Development