http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1188

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1188/article/6/made

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002

Transport for disabled people

Access for disabled people

Visual impairment

Disabled people

Disability discrimination

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

DISABLED PERSONS

TRANSPORT

This Order authorises the use of the vehicle known as the Drewry Car DB998901 on the Middleton Railway in Leeds even though it does not comply with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456 as amended by S.I. 2000/3215) because:the colour of the exterior doors does not contrast with that of the vehicle body;no audible warning device is fitted to passenger doorways;the interior transparent surfaces are not marked as required;there is no handrail on the interior side of the external passenger doorways;the handrails are not of the required diameter;handholds are not fitted to the top of the seat backs;more force than is permitted is required to operate the door handles;there is no passenger information system;the wheelchair space is not fitted with a communication device;there is no wheelchair compatible doorway on one side of the vehicle;the wheelchair compatible doorway is not of the required width; andthe wheelchair ramp is not of the required width and cannot support the required minimum weight.

art. 6(b)

art. 2(2)

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002

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

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002

Order

The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010

art. 21

Sch. 7

art. 1(2)

Exemption6

The authorisation granted by article 4(1) shall cease forthwith if the exempted vehicle is—

a

operated by a person other than the Middleton Railway Trust Limited unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person; or

b

not operated on the Middleton Railway in Leeds.