Amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 20053
1
Section 6 of the Disability Discrimination Act 20059 (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;
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;