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Statutory Instruments
DISABLED PERSONS
TRANSPORT
Made
18th August 2004
Laid before Parliament
1st September 2004
Coming into force
30th September 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 47(1), (3) and (4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(1), having consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and such other persons as he considered appropriate in accordance with section 47(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 30th September 2004.
2.—(1) The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2001(2) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In article 5(7), for the words “at the end of 30th September 2004”, there shall be substituted “at the end of 30th April 2011”.
(3) In article 5(8), for the words “at the end of 31st March 2005”, there shall be substituted “at the end of 30th April 2011”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Kim Howells
Minister of State for Transport,
Department for Transport
18th August 2004
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/847), which authorises the use of specified rail vehicles even though they do not conform with the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, amended by S.I. 2000/3215). This Order extends the exemptions from requirements in respect of the height of the letters on the internal public information system, and the number of wheelchair spaces, until the end of April 2011.
S.I. 2001/847.
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