The Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

PART 2 U.K. Amendment of subordinate legislation

Amendment of the Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations Regulations 2010 U.K.

2.  The Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations Regulations 2010 M1 are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 3(1), at the end of the definition of “the European Regulation” insert “as amended by the Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018”;

(b) in regulation 13(1), omit “the purposes of Article 30(1) of”;

(c) in regulation 18(1), (2), (3) and (4), for “under Article 30(2) of the European Regulation”, substitute “ about an alleged infringement of the European Regulation ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2010/1504 which has been amended by S.I. 2010/2317 and S.I. 2015/1682.

Amendment of the Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (Exemptions) Regulations 2014 U.K.

3.  The Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (Exemptions) Regulations 2014 M2 are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 3, at the end of the definition of “the European Regulation” insert “as amended by the Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018”;

(b) for regulation 4(1) substitute—

“(1) Subject to paragraph (2), domestic rail passenger services are exempt from the provisions of the European Regulation.”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M2 S.I. 2014/2793.

Amendment of the Rail Passengers Rights and Obligations (Designation and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 U.K.

4.  The Rail Passengers Rights and Obligations (Designation and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 M3 are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 2, at the end of the definition of “Regulation 1371/2007” insert “as amended by the Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018”;

(b) for regulation 4(1), substitute—

“(1) The Department for Infrastructure M4 is the body responsible for the enforcement of Regulation 1371/2007.”;

(c) for regulation 5(1), substitute—

“(1) The Consumer Council M5 is the designated body to which any passenger may submit a complaint about an alleged contravention of Regulation 1371/2007.”;

(d) in regulation 7, omit “For the purposes of Article 32 of Regulation 1371/2007”.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M3 S.R. 2017 No. 84.

M4 The Department for Regional Development was renamed the Department for Infrastructure by virtue of section 1(6) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (NI)).

M5 The Consumer Council was established by the General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984, S.I. 1984 No. 1822 (N.I. 12).