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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Floor and gangways",
  "text": "(1) All floors within the total floor area of a regulated public service vehicle shall be slip-resistant.\n(2) A regulated public service vehicle shall contain a priority floor area which shall–\n(a) not contain steps;\n(b) provide access to at least one priority entrance to, and one priority exit from, the vehicle or access to steps which lead to such entrances and exits;\n(c) contain all priority seats specified in paragraph 3; and\n(d) have a slope of not more than 3° in any direction, or not more than 5° in any direction within the doorway area, when the vehicle is unladen standing on a level surface and in its normal condition of travel.\n(3) Any gangway within the priority floor area of a regulated public service vehicle shall have a width of–\n(a) not less than 450mm up to a height of 1400mm measured vertically from the floor of the vehicle; and\n(b) not less than 550mm at heights exceeding 1400mm measured vertically from the floor of the vehicle.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 30.4.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/37/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:02.073275+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."
}