Paragraph 6 Entrances and exitsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Any entrance or exit which is intended to provide access for a wheelchair user shall have a clear unobstructed width of not less than 800mm.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where an entrance or exit which is intended to provide access for a wheelchair user is fitted with a power-operated boarding lift or a power-operated boarding ramp which is not within the direct field of vision of the driver—

(a)

the entrance or exit shall be fitted with an optical device; and

(b)

the optical device shall enable the driver to have a clear unobstructed view of the inside and outside of the door area and of the operation of the lift or ramp.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply to a power-operated boarding lift or a power-operated ramp which can only be operated by a control fitted in accordance with paragraph 5(5)(a)(ii).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 30.8.2000, see reg. 1