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Division 1

United Kingdom

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Assistance and arrangements necessary to enable disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility to:

  • communicate their arrival at a port terminal or, if possible, a port and their request for assistance,

  • move from an entry point to the check-in counter, if any, or to the ship,

  • check in and register baggage, if necessary,

  • proceed from the check-in counter, if any, to the ship, through emigration and security points,

  • embark the ship, with the provision of lifts, wheelchairs or other assistance needed, as appropriate,

  • proceed from the ship door to their seats/area,

  • store and retrieve baggage on the ship,

  • proceed from their seats to the ship door,

  • disembark from the ship, with the provision of lifts, wheelchairs or other assistance needed, as appropriate,

  • retrieve baggage, if necessary, and proceed through immigration and customs points,

  • proceed from the baggage hall or the disembarkation point to a designated point of exit,

  • if required, make their way to the toilet facilities (if any).