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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-rail-vehicles-revocations-and-consequential-amendments-order-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3244",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways and Rail Vehicles (Revocations and Consequential Amendments) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-rail-vehicles-revocations-and-consequential-amendments-order-2014",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order revokes (article 2) six instruments relating to rail transport and makes consequential amendments (article 3) arising from one of the revocations.\nThe Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 3) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2229) modified the Regulation of Railways Act 1871 (c. 78) (“the 1871 Act”) in consequence of provisions in the 1993 Act and instruments made under or by virtue of it. The 1871 Act has been repealed and this instrument is spent.\nThe Railways (Heathrow Express Temporary Network) (Exemptions) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1531) exempted a temporary network, used during construction of a railway line to Heathrow Airport, from the franchising and closure provisions in the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43) (“the 1993 Act”). The Railways (Closure Provisions) (Exemptions) (St. Pancras) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1768) provided that specified provisions in the 1993 Act did not apply to St. Pancras station and certain railway lines within the vicinity of that station. Both Orders were made in connection with work being carried out on the railway network. This work is now complete and the Orders are no longer required.\nThe Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Serco Metrolink T68A Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2932) (“the Metrolink Order”) and the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/395) (“the Croydon Order”) exempted specified rail vehicles from particular requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456) (“the 1998 Regulations”). The exemptions subsequently took effect as exemptions from requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/432) (see regulation 7(2)). The exemptions granted by the Croydon Order are spent because the vehicles are now compliant with the relevant requirements. The Metrolink Order is spent because the vehicles are compliant with the relevant requirements, and have also now been withdrawn from service.\nThe Strategic Rail Authority (Licence Exemption) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/218) exempted the Strategic Rail Authority and its wholly owned subsidiaries from the requirement to hold a railway operators’ licence under section 6 of the 1993 Act. The Strategic Rail Authority was abolished in 2006 (see Part 1 of the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14) and article 2 of S.I. 2006/2925) and this Order is spent.\nArticle 3 of this Order makes consequential amendments to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3952) arising from the revocation of the Croydon Order.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because no impact on business or the voluntary sector is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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