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Paragraph 7 GangwaysI1

United Kingdom

Any gangway between a wheelchair space and an entrance or exit intended to provide access for a wheelchair user—

(a)

shall allow a reference wheelchair to be moved from an entrance to the wheelchair space and from the wheelchair space to an exit, with the wheelchair user moving in a forward facing direction, and to be moved (in either direction) from the gangway into the wheelchair space in the appropriate direction for travel;

(b)

shall not be less than 750mm wide at any point along the gangway; and

(c)

where a vehicle is fitted with more than one wheelchair space, the requirement in (a) above shall be met with any other wheelchair space occupied with a reference wheelchair.

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Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 30.8.2000, see reg. 1