The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1978 Order” means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (1);

“the 1995 Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;

“class of passenger accommodation” means a category of passenger accommodation in a rail vehicle charged out at a different fare or fares from another category of passenger accommodation in the same rail vehicle or train;

“contrast” means contrast in the amount of light reflected;

“Department” means the Department for Regional Development;

“display” means a screen fitted to the exterior or interior of a rail vehicle which is used to indicate the destination or route number of a rail vehicle, or make other visual announcements, which forms part of a public address system for visual announcements;

“exemption order” means an exemption order under section 47 of the Act from any relevant requirement;

“miniature railway” means a system of transport employing parallel rails which—

(a)

provide support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels, and

(b)

form a track of a gauge of less than 350 millimetres;

“network” means any permanent way or other means of guiding or supporting rail vehicles or any section of it;

“operator”, in relation to a rail vehicle, means the person having the management of that vehicle;

“passenger saloon” means that part of the interior of a rail vehicle provided for the accommodation of passengers, but does not include a toilet cubicle or a vestibule adjoining an exterior doorway;

“photocell device” means a device which operates using a combination of a beam of light, a transmitter and a receiver;

“priority seat” means a seat designated in accordance with paragraph 13 of Schedule 1;

“rail vehicle” means a rail vehicle constructed or adapted to carry passengers by rail;

“railway” means a system of transport employing parallel rails which—

(a)

provide support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels; and

(b)

form a track which is of a gauge of at least 350 millimetres;

“reference wheelchair” means an occupied wheelchair the dimensions of the chair and occupant being as shown in diagram A in Schedule 2;

“train” means two or more rail vehicles, coupled together;

“wheelchair-compatible doorway” means a passenger doorway in the side of a rail vehicle provided in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1;

“wheelchair-compatible toilet” means a passenger toilet provided in accordance with paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 1, with or without compliance with paragraph 16(1) (h);

“wheelchair space” means a space for a disabled person in a wheelchair which is provided in accordance with paragraph 18 of Schedule 1;

“width” means, when applied to a doorway or passageway, the unobstructed width of that doorway or passageway up to a height of 1400 millimetres above the door sill or floor, and “wide” is to be construed accordingly.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 1 means that Part as read with the diagrams referred to in it and shown in Schedule 2.

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(1)

SI 1978/1039 (N.I.9).

(2)

1954 c.33 (N.I.)