Introductory text

Disabled Persons

Transport

Made 25th February 2014

Coming into operation 28th April 2014

The Department for Regional Development ^f1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 ^f2 and sections 46(1), (2), (4A) and (5) and 67(3)(a) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ^f3 and now vested in it ^f4.

The Department for Regional Development is a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to discrimination ^f5 and to railways and railway transport ^f6.

In accordance with section 46(11) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 the Department has consulted with such representative organisations as it thinks fit.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: SI 1999/283
f2: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1) (a); also amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1.
f3: 1995 c.50;. section 46 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 30 of Schedule 8; section 46(3), (4), and (8) to (10) and the definition of “operator” in section 46(6) were repealed by the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (N.I. 1), Schedule 2; section 46(4A) was inserted by Article 8(1) of that Order; in section 46(6) the definition of “rail vehicle” was substituted by Article 8(2) of that Order, and the definition of “regulated rail vehicle” was amended by Schedule 1, Part 1 paragraphs 1 and 21(b) of that Order: section 67, in its application to Northern Ireland, is substituted by paragraph 46 of the said Schedule 8 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; see section 68(1) as substituted by paragraph 47(1) of the said Schedule 8 for the definition of “regulations”; there are amendments to sections 67 and 68 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
f4: S.R. 1999 No. 481 article 6 (d) and Schedule 4 Part IV
f5: SI 2002/1819
f6: SI 1999/266, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations