Section 183 — Equality Act 2010: Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations

Exemptions from rail vehicle accessibility regulations 183 1 The Secretary of State may by order (an “exemption order”)—

a authorise the use for carriage of a regulated rail vehicle even though the vehicle does not conform with the provisions of rail vehicle accessibility regulations with which it is required to conform;

b authorise a regulated rail vehicle to be used for carriage otherwise than in conformity with the provisions of rail vehicle accessibility regulations with which use of the vehicle is required to conform.

2 Authority under subsection (1)(a) or (b) may be for—

a a regulated rail vehicle that is specified or of a specified description, b use in specified circumstances of a regulated rail vehicle, or c use in specified circumstances of a regulated rail vehicle that is specified or of a specified description. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 After consulting the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate, the Secretary of State may—

a make an exemption order in the terms of the application for the order;

b make an exemption order in such other terms as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate;

c refuse to make an exemption order.

5 The Secretary of State may make an exemption order subject to such conditions and restrictions as are specified. 6 “ Specified ” means specified in an exemption order.

7 Section 207(2) does not require an exemption order to be made by statutory instrument; but such an order is as capable of being amended or revoked as an order made by statutory instrument.