2010 c. 15, s.183

Section 183 — Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations

Extent: E+W+S

This version in force from 2015-10-01

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

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(1) The Secretary of State may by order (an “exemption order”)—

(a) authorise the use for carriage of a regulated rail vehicle even though the vehicle does not conform with the provisions of rail vehicle accessibility regulations with which it is required to conform;

(b) authorise a regulated rail vehicle to be used for carriage otherwise than in conformity with the provisions of rail vehicle accessibility regulations with which use of the vehicle is required to conform.

(2) Authority under subsection (1)(a) or (b) may be for—

(a) a regulated rail vehicle that is specified or of a specified description,

(b) use in specified circumstances of a regulated rail vehicle, or

(4) After consulting the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate, the Secretary of State may—

(a) make an exemption order in the terms of the application for the order;

(b) make an exemption order in such other terms as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate;

(5) The Secretary of State may make an exemption order subject to such conditions and restrictions as are specified.

(6) “Specified” means specified in an exemption order.

(7) [F1 Section 207(2) does not require an exemption order to be made by statutory instrument; but such an order is as capable of being amended or revoked as an order made by statutory instrument.]

Amendment notes

F1 S. 183(7) inserted (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 10 para. 29(3); S.I. 2015/994, art. 11(p)