Proposed Negative Published 10 October 2018 ESIC: No upgrade SLSC: No upgrade
Regulation (EC) No. 1371/2007 on Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations (“the EU Regulation”) contains several provisions that will not be fully effective once the EU Regulation becomes retained EU law following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU. This instrument amends or deletes such provisions of the EU Regulation to allow it to operate effectively once the UK has left the European Union. It also makes consequential changes to three related sets of domestic regulations.
In Northern Ireland, the EU Regulation applies and is enforced via NI regulations (the Rail Passengers Rights and Obligations (Designation and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 as railways are devolved to Northern Ireland However, the NI administration has asked the UK Government to cover amendments to the Northern Ireland domestic regulations. The key difference between the position in GB and NI is that in NI all the exemptions have been removed, and there are also different enforcement and consumer complaints bodies (in Northern Ireland, these are the Department for Infrastructure and the Consumer Council).
