Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 3023
Transport
Railways
The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
2nd December 2013
Laid before Parliament
9th December 2013
Coming into force
1st January 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 247 of the Transport Act 2000( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st January 2014.
Amendment of Regulations
2. —(1)The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the Directive”, substitute—
“ “the Directive” means Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast) ( 3 ) , as amended by—
Commission Directive 2009/131/EC of 16 October 2009 amending Annex VII to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community ( 4 ) ,
Commission Directive 2011/18/ EU of 1 March 2011 amending Annexes II , V and VI to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community ( 5 ) , and
Commission Directive 2013/9/EU of 11 March 2013 amending Annex III to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community ( 6 ) ; ” .
(3) In regulation 12(2)(b), for “and technical compatibility” substitute “, technical compatibility and accessibility”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Baroness Kramer
Minister of State
Department of Transport
2nd December 2013
O.J. No. L 191, 18.7.2008, p1.
O.J. No. L 273, 17.10.2009, p12.
O.J. No. L 57, 2.3.2011, p21.
O.J. No. L 68, 12.3.2013, p55.