Explanatory note

The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 37) (“the 2003 Regulations”) prescribe wheelchair accessibility requirements and general accessibility requirements for single-deck and double-deck buses and coaches. These Regulations amend the 2003 Regulations so as to give effect to ECE Regulation 107.01 and 107.02 (uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction).

Regulation 2 inserts definitions of the UNECE Agreement and ECE Regulations 107.01 and 107.02 into regulation 2 of the 2003 Regulations. Regulation 3 substitutes regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations so that specified requirements may alternatively be met by a vehicle satisfying both the requirements of such Annexes as apply to it and the requirements of Annex 8 to ECE Regulation 107.01 or 107.2.

Copies of the ECE Regulations referred to in these Regulations can be obtained from the Stationery Office (telephone: 0870 600 5522, website www.tsoshop.co.uk) or from the UNECE website http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs101-120.html.