# The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) (Boarding Devices) Exemption Order 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order (article 3) exempts certain rail vehicles of the type S8 from the requirement under the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 for boarding devices to be fitted between wheelchair compatible doorways and the platform where the vehicles are used at specified platforms and at specified stations on the Metropolitan Line.
Some of these exemptions are of limited duration, the exemptions in so far as they relate to the station platforms named in table 4 of the Schedule are without limitation of time but the Secretary of State may revoke them by Order.
The Order (articles 4 and 5) makes consequential amendments to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010 and revokes the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2011.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no cost to the business or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the website www.legislation.gov.org.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1931/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-london-underground-metropolitan-line-s8-vehicles-boarding-devices-exemption-order-2013/note
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