Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order exempts certain rail vehicles of the type S8 from the specified requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 where the vehicles are used on the Metropolitan Line or at specified station platforms on the Metropolitan Line.
The Order exempts the vehicles (articles 3 and 4) from requirements relating to:
the length of the audible warning of doors closing;
the period of time between when the door control device ceases to be illuminated and when the door starts to close;
the information provided to passengers inside the passenger saloons whilst stationary;
the permissible obstacles and fittings in wheelchair spaces; and
the provision of boarding devices on station platforms where there is an excessive gap between the edge of the platform and the door sill of the rail vehicle.
The exemptions are subject to conditions (article 5). Some of the exemptions are of limited duration (article 6). The exemptions from regulation 16(1)(b) and (d), and from regulation 23(1) in so far as it relates to the station platforms named in table 3 in Schedule 1, are without limitation of time but the Secretary of State may revoke them by Order.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business, the public sector, third sector organisations, regulators or consumers is foreseen.