Amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 2005U.K.

3.—(1) Section 6 of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 M1 (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;; and

(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;..

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