# The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 6: Enforcement


(1) It is the duty of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland to make adequate arrangements for the enforcement of these Regulations.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5), the provisions of the 1978 Order specified in paragraph (3) (the “specified provisions”) apply for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations as if in the specified provisions—
(a) a reference to the “enforcing authority” was a reference to the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;
(b) a reference to the “relevant statutory provisions” was a reference to these Regulations and to the specified provisions; and
(c) a reference to “health and safety regulations” was a reference to these Regulations.
(3) The provisions of the 1978 Order referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(a) article 21 and 22 (appointment and powers of inspectors) excluding section 22(3);
(b) article 23 and 24 (improvement and prohibition notices);
(c) article 25 (provisions supplementary to sections 23 and 24);
(d) article 26 (appeal against improvement and prohibition notices);
(e) article 28 (power to indemnify inspectors);
(f) article 30 (restrictions on disclosure of information)
(g) articles 31(1)(c), (e) to (h), (j) to (o) and (2), 32(1)(c) and (2), 33, 34(1) and (2), 34 to 38 and 39(1) to (3) (provisions as to offences); and
(4) The mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to each offence listed in the first column of the following table are set out opposite each offence in the subsequent columns of the table.
Offence
Mode of trial
Penalty on summary conviction
Penalty on conviction on indictment
An offence under section 31(1) (c ), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (o)
Summarily or on indictment.
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
An offence under section 31(1) (h),
Summarily
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
An offence under section 31(1) (n).
Summarily
A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(5) A failure to discharge a duty placed on the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland by these Regulations is not an offence under section 31(1) (c) of the 1978 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/45/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-6
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