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2000 No. 2327

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The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2000

Made

30th August 2000

Laid before Parliament

1st September 2000

Coming into force

22nd September 2000

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 47 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and such other persons as he considered appropriate in accordance with section 47(3) of the said 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 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd September 2000.

2. Article 4(2) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000( 2 ) (“the principal Order”) shall be amended by inserting before the words “regulation 5(1)(b)” the words “subject to paragraph (2A) below,”.

3. After article 4(2) of the principal Order the following shall be inserted—

“ (2A) The exemption given by paragraph (2) above in relation to regulation 5(1)(b) shall apply to an exempted vehicle only while—

(a) the maximum amount of pressure required to operate a door control does not exceed 40 newtons; and

(b) the operator provides in that vehicle or, where an exempted vehicle forms part of a train, in that train a person, other than the driver of that vehicle or train, who is reasonably available to assist a disabled person. ”

4. Article 5(4) of the principal Order shall be amended by substituting “28th April 2011” for “30th September 2000”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

30th August 2000

( 2 )

S.I. 2000/770 .

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The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2000 (2000/2327)

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