LegalizeRail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made: 2nd July 2001
Coming into operation: 19th October 2001
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Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Application of the Regulations
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Facilities for disabled persons
Doors
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Door controls
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Steps
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Floors
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Seats
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Interior transparent surfaces
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Handrails and handholds
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Door handles
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Passenger information
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Toilets
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Facilities for disabled persons in wheelchairs
Wheelchair spaces
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Wheelchair space specifications
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Sleeping accommodation
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Tables
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Wheelchair-compatible doorways
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Toilets for disabled persons in wheelchairs
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Wheelchair access to on board facilities
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Telephones
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Internal doorways
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Boarding devices
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Catering
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SCHEDULE
(Note: the diagrams are not in scale)
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 2nd July 2001.
R. E. Aiken — A Senior Officer of the — Department for Regional Development
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(1)
[^f00002]: 1995 c. 50; section 46 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by paragraph 30 of Schedule 8; section 67 is substituted by paragraph 46 of the said Schedule 8; see section 68(1) as substituted by paragraph 47(1) of the said Schedule 8 for the definition of “regulations”
[^f00003]: S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IV
[^f00004]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)
Editorial notes
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