Bromley boy
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Following on from the recent (locked) thread about a dispute regarding a mobility scooter rider being asked to vacate a disabled area, can anyone with knowledge of relevant bylaws advise:
- what basis there might be for a prosecution of an able bodied passenger who refused to vacate a wheelchair space;
It was suggested by @bnm that bylaw 13 might provide such an offence:
"13. Unauthorised access and loitering
(1) No person shall enter or remain on any part of the railway where there is a notice:
(i) prohibiting access; or
(ii) indicating that it is reserved or provided for a specified category of person only, except where he belongs to that specified category."
Could anyone also advise:
- has any such prosecution taken place under bylaw 13;
- whether there is a specific “catch all” bylaw offence which convers failure to follow a lawful instruction given by a member of rail staff.
(This thread is not intended to be a rerun of the debate on the locked thread, but a discussion of bylaws only).
- what basis there might be for a prosecution of an able bodied passenger who refused to vacate a wheelchair space;
It was suggested by @bnm that bylaw 13 might provide such an offence:
"13. Unauthorised access and loitering
(1) No person shall enter or remain on any part of the railway where there is a notice:
(i) prohibiting access; or
(ii) indicating that it is reserved or provided for a specified category of person only, except where he belongs to that specified category."
Could anyone also advise:
- has any such prosecution taken place under bylaw 13;
- whether there is a specific “catch all” bylaw offence which convers failure to follow a lawful instruction given by a member of rail staff.
(This thread is not intended to be a rerun of the debate on the locked thread, but a discussion of bylaws only).