{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-accessibility-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-accessibility-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1970",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-accessibility-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nMade 20th July 2000\nLaid before Parliament 24th July 2000\nComing into force 30th August 2000\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 40(1), (2) and (6), 41(2), 42(3), (4) and (5), 44(1)(b), 2(b) and (4), 45(1) and 67 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (“the Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after consultation with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and such other representative organisations as he thought fit in accordance with section 40(7) of the Act and with such representative organisations as he thought fit in accordance with section 45(4) of the Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7(3)(c) excluded (1.1.2003) by The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1970), reg. 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations continued under new enabling powers in 2010 c. 15 (1.10.2010 immediately after the commencement of S.I. 2010/2779) by The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4, Savings, Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Incidental Provisions and Revocation) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2317), arts. 1(2), 21, Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1970/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:28.464935+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."
}