Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Exemption Orders (Parliamentary Procedures) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1995 Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;

• “draft affirmative resolution procedure”, in relation to an order, means the procedure under which the order is only made if a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament;

• “exemption” means an authority given under section 47(1)(a) or (b)^f1 of the 1995 Act by an order;

• “negative resolution procedure”, in relation to an order, means the procedure under which a statutory instrument containing the order is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

• “network” means any permanent way or other means of guiding or supporting vehicles to which the provisions of RVA Regulations apply;

• “network order” means an order–

  1. (a)

     which only applies to vehicles which are used on a specified network or on networks of a specified description (or which are used on both); and

  2. (b)

     the application of which is not limited to specified vehicles;

• “RVA Regulations” means rail vehicle accessibility regulations made under section 46(1) of the 1995 Act.