The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (Blackpool Tramway) Exemption Order 2014

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 2010 Regulations” means the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010(1);

“Blackpool tramway” means the tramway running from Starr Gate in Blackpool to Fleetwood;

“designated heritage stop” means a stop listed in the Schedule;

“Fleet B tramcar” means the Double Deck “Balloon” tramcars with vehicle numbers 700, 707, 709, 711, 713, 718, 719, 720, and 724;

“tramcar” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Regulations; and

“tramway” means a system of transport used wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers which employs parallel rails which—

(a)

provide support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels; and

(b)

are laid wholly or partly along a road or in any other place to which the public has access (including a place to which the public has access only on making a payment).

(2) In this Order a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2010/432 to which there are no amendments relevant to this Order.