Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 395
DISABLED PERSONS
TRANSPORT
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2005
Made
24th February 2005
Laid before Parliament
2nd March 2005
Coming into force
31st March 2005
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 (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 31st March 2005.
Amendment
2. —(1)The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2001( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) After article 7 there shall be inserted—
“ 7A The exemption given in respect of regulation 16(1)(c) shall cease with immediate effect if the operator of the exempted vehicles does not, by the end of 31st October 2005, notify the Secretary of State in writing that at least 12 of the exempted vehicles are compliant with the requirements of that regulation. ” .
(3) In article 9, for the words “31st March 2005”, there shall be substituted “31st December 2005”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Charlotte Atkins
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
24th February 2005