Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 2149
DISABLED PERSONS
TRANSPORT
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2004
Made
18th August 2004
Laid before Parliament
1st September2004
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:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 30th September 2004.
Amendment
2. —(1)The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2002( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In article 6(6)(a), for the words “at the end of 30th September 2004”, there shall be substituted “at the end of 31st July 2006”.
(3) For article 7 there shall be substituted—
“ 7. The authorisation shall cease immediately in respect of an exempted vehicle if the electrical multiple-unit of which the exempted vehicle forms a part is operated by a person other than South West Trains Limited. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Kim Howells
Minister of State for Transport,
Department for Transport
18th August 2004
S.I. 2002/656 , to which amendments have been made which are not relevant to this Order.