This Order authorises the use of specified rail vehicles of Bombardier Class CR4000, although they do not conform with certain provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, as amended by S.I. 2000/3215) because:

• the request-stop controls on handrails beside priority seats are below the minimum required height above the floor;

• the next stop is not announced while the tram is travelling to that stop;

• the wheelchair space does not have a structure or fitting to prevent a wheelchair moving or tipping; and

• the floor adjacent to the wheelchair compatible doorway has a slope exceeding that specified.

It sets a time limit of one year on one exemption from those provisions and imposes conditions, the most significant of which is to require notification to the Secretary of State of a relevant injury in any part of a rail vehicle to which this Order applies.

For reasons of clarity, this Order incorporates, to the extent that they are not spent, the provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/6), which is revoked.