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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rail-vehicle-accessibility-b2007-vehicles-exemption-order-2008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rail-vehicle-accessibility-b2007-vehicles-exemption-order-2008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110808970",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (B2007 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rail-vehicle-accessibility-b2007-vehicles-exemption-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "Subject to articles 4 to 6, an exempt vehicle is authorised to be used for carriage even if it does not, or it is used in a manner that does not, conform with—\n(a) regulation 4(3)(b) (audible warning before door closes);\n(b) regulation 5(2) (illumination to cease before door closes);\n(c) regulation 11(3) (handhold on top of seat), but only in so far as it applies to a seat in a position where there is a gap of no more than 50 millimetres between the top of the back of the seat and a partition;\n(d) regulation 13(4) (passenger information when vehicle is stationary), but only in so far as it applies to the internal passenger information system;\n(e) regulation 16(1)(d) (no fitting for other passengers accessible through the wheelchair space), but only in so far as it applies to a horizontal handrail; and\n(f) regulation 23(1) (boarding device when there is a wheelchair-compatible doorway).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110808970/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:56.200727+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}