The Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations Regulations 2010

PART 1 Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations Regulations 2010.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 25th June 2010.

Extent

2.  These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the European Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations(1);

“the 1993 Act” means the Railways Act 1993(2);

“the ORR” means the Office of Rail Regulation.

(2) An expression used in these Regulations and in the European Regulation has the same meaning as in the European Regulation.

(1)

OJ No. L315, 3.12.2007, p.14.

(2)

1993 c.43. Part 1 of that Act was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40), Schedules 2, 4 and 17, the Competition Act 1998 (c.41), Schedules 10 and 14, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c.24), Schedule 2, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29), section 200, the Transport Act 2000 (c.38), sections 212, 223, 224, 225, 226, 230, 232, 242 and 243 and Schedules 16, 17, 27 and 31, the Enterprise Act 2002 (c.40), Schedules 9 and 25, the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c.20), Schedules 2 and 8, the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), Schedule 16, the Railways Act 2005 (c.14), sections 3 and 21 and Schedules 1, 11 and 13, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15), Schedule 13 and S.I. 1999/506, article 33, 1999/1750, Schedule 5, 2003/1398, the Schedule, 2004/1261, Schedule 2, 2005/3049, regulation 2 and 2005/3050, Schedule 1.