Part 12Disabled persons: transport
Chapter 3Rail vehicles
183Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations
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
c
use in specified circumstances of a regulated rail vehicle that is specified or of a specified description.
3
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to exemption orders including, in particular, provision as to—
a
the persons by whom applications for exemption orders may be made;
b
the form in which applications are to be made;
c
information to be supplied in connection with applications;
d
the period for which exemption orders are to continue in force;
e
the revocation of exemption orders.
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;
c
refuse to make an exemption order.
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.