# The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000, Paragraph 7: Gangways

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1970/schedule/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-accessibility-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-7
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