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The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) and (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2705 · Made 9 November 2011

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Disabled Persons

Transport

Made 9th November 2011

Laid before Parliament 14th November 2011

Coming into force 19th December 2011

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 183(1), (4) and (5) of the Equality Act 2010f1.

In accordance with section 183(4) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committeef2 and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

In accordance with section 184(1), (2), and (3) of that Act and regulation 5(2) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Exemption Orders (Parliamentary Procedures) Regulations 2008f3, having consulted with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and having regard to representations of the Committee, the Secretary of State has decided that this Order should be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 c.15

f2

The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee was established under section 125 of the Transport Act 1985 (c.67) and has a statutory duty to provide the Government with advice on the transport needs of disabled people.

f3

S.I. 2008/2975

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002
  3. 3Amendment of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) and (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2011 and comes into force on 19th December 2011.

2Amendment of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002

(1)

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 6(b) for the words “the Middleton Railway in Leeds” substitute “a network listed in the Schedule to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2010f2.”

3Amendment of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002

Article 6 of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002f1 is omitted.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman Baker

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

9th November 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002 and the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002.

Article 2 amends the condition on the exemption granted by article 4(1) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002 to allow for the operation of the exempted vehicle on any network listed in the Schedule to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2010.

Article 3 amends article 6 of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002 by removing the expiry date for the exemptions granted by article 4(2).

An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Rolling Stock Policy Division at the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR, and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum, which is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.