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Disability Discrimination Act 1995: Consultation on improving rail vehicle accessibility

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This consultation invites comments on the Government's plans to amend the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (RVAR) to take account of changes to legislation and the experience of passengers and operators since RVAR came into force. This includes setting an end date by which time metro and light rail vehicles must be accessible and proposals on technical changes; older vehicle refurbishment; compliance certification; exemptions; and enforcement issues.

Timeframe

This consultation started on 8th April 2009 and ends on 3rd July 2009.

Consultation Documents

Here are the documents we were able to locate that relate to this consultation:

Annex A: Consolidated list of questions (22 kb) ( Adobe PDF, 22Kb)
Annex B: Response template (51 kb) ( Rich Text Format, 51Kb)
Annex C: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations (with notes) (1 Mb) ( Rich Text Format, 1.69Mb)
Annex C1: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations (Print) (502 kb) ( Adobe PDF, 492Kb)
Annex D: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Application for Exemption Order) Regulations (with notes) (86 kb) ( Rich Text Format, 85Kb)
Annex D1: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Application for Exemption Order) Regulations (Print) (50 kb) ( Adobe PDF, 50Kb)
Annex E: Code of practice (25 kb) ( Adobe PDF, 26Kb)
Annex F: Glossary (22 kb) ( Adobe PDF, 22Kb)
Annex G: Summary list of organisations consulted (30 kb) ( Adobe PDF, 30Kb)
Easy read version (1 Mb) ( Microsoft Word, 1.91Mb)
Annex B: Response template (51 kb) ( Rich Text Format, 51Kb)
Annex C: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations (with notes) (1 Mb) ( Rich Text Format, 1.69Mb)
Annex D: Draft Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Application for Exemption Order) Regulations (with notes) (86 kb) ( Rich Text Format, 85Kb)

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