{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rail-vehicle-accessibility-networks-exemption-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111486122",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Networks) Exemption Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rail-vehicle-accessibility-networks-exemption-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“fairground equipment” means—\n(a) any fairground ride; or\n(b) any similar equipment which is designed to be in motion solely for entertainment purposes with members of the public on or inside it;\n“heritage or tourist network” means a network named or described in the Schedule or within the grounds of a place named or described in the Schedule;\n“mine” has the same meaning as in section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;\n“network” means any permanent way or other means of guiding or supporting rail vehicles or any section of it;\n“quarry” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Quarries Regulations 1999;\n“traffic day” means a period of 24 hours starting at 3am.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 70; see section 180 which was amended by S.I. 1974/2013, 1993/1897 and 1999/2024."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“rail vehicle” is defined in sections 46(6) and 68(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; the definition in section 46(6) is amended by section 6(2)(b) of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and SI 2008/1746."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2024, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order; see regulation 3. Regulation 3(2)(c) provides that “quarry” does not include certain types of railway line."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111486122/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:49.215502+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."
}