The Weekly Law Reports
[2024] 4 WLR 12
King’s Bench Division
Rex (West Coast Railway Co Ltd) v Office of Rail and Road
[2023] EWHC 3338 (Admin)
2023 Nov 21, 22; Dec 22
Thornton J
Health and safety— Railways— Rolling stock— Claimant operating heritage train tours— Claimant applying to safety regulator for certificate granting exemption from regulatory requirement for central door looking system on rolling stock so as to permit claimant to run trains with “secondary door locking” system— Regulator refusing to grant certificate— Whether regulator misinterpreting regulatory requirements— Whether regulator’s decision in breach of Convention rights—
Human Rights Act 1998
(c 42)
, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1
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Railway Safety Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2244), regs 5, 6