Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 2705
Disabled Persons
Transport
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) and (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2011
Made
9th November 2011
Laid before Parliament
14th November 2011
Coming into force
19th December 2011
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 183(1), (4) and (5) of the Equality Act 2010( 1 ).
In accordance with section 183(4) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee( 2 ) and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
In accordance with section 184(1), (2), and (3) of that Act and regulation 5(2) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Exemption Orders (Parliamentary Procedures) Regulations 2008( 3 ), having consulted with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and having regard to representations of the Committee, the Secretary of State has decided that this Order should be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) and (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2011 and comes into force on 19th December 2011.
Amendment of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002
2. —(1) The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002( 4 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 6(b) for the words “the Middleton Railway in Leeds” substitute “a network listed in the Schedule to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2010( 5 ).”
Amendment of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002
3. Article 6 of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemption Order 2002( 6 ) is omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
9th November 2011
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee was established under section 125 of the Transport Act 1985 (c.67) and has a statutory duty to provide the Government with advice on the transport needs of disabled people.