http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/37/regulation/1
Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Public services
Access for disabled people
Motor industry
Vehicles
Coaches
DISABLED PERSONS
2024-06-05
Statute Law Database
2003-01-23
These Regulations apply to single-deck and double-deck buses and to single-deck and double-deck coaches with a capacity of more than twenty-two passengers which are used to provide scheduled services (“regulated public service vehicles”). The Regulations, which are enacted under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, are intended to ensure that disabled people can get on and off a regulated public service vehicle in safety and without unreasonable difficulty and, in the case of wheelchair users, can do so whilst remaining in their wheelchairs. They are also intended to ensure that disabled people are carried in these vehicles in safety and reasonable comfort. The Regulations recognise the impact on the bus industry, to both manufacturers and operators, which their provisions will have, particularly with respect to accessibility to smaller buses and high floor coaches, by providing for a phased implementation of their requirements.
Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
reg. 1
Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
reg. 1
PART IPRELIMINARY
Citation and commencementI11
These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 30th April 2003.