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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Gangways",
  "text": "Any gangway between a wheelchair space and an entrance or exit intended to provide access for a wheelchair user–\n(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;\n(b) shall not be less than 750mm wide at any point along the gangway; and\n(c) where a vehicle is fitted with more than one wheelchair space, the requirement in (a) shall be met with any other wheelchair space occupied with a reference wheelchair.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 7 in operation at 30.4.2003, see reg. 1"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/37/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:02.073275+00:00"
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