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Article 7

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(1)

The exemption given in respect of regulation 13 shall apply only in relation to any exempted vehicle for a period during which the operator provides in that vehicle or, where an exempted vehicle forms part of a train, in that train a person who complies with the requirements specified in paragraph (2) below.

(2)

The requirements are that the person shall—

(a)

have attended a training course, which has been approved by the Secretary of State, to be trained in awareness of the needs of persons with hearing disabilities;

(b)

be equipped with writing paper, a pen and a printed timetable showing the services on the route on which the exempted vehicle is being used and the times of arrival at each station on that route; and

(c)

be reasonably available to provide persons with hearing disabilities in the exempted vehicle with the information which is required by regulation 13(4) and (5) to be displayed on public address systems for visual announcements in a regulated rail vehicle which is not an exempted vehicle.