{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-bristol-harbour-railway-vehicle-number-db978121-exemption-order-2003/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-bristol-harbour-railway-vehicle-number-db978121-exemption-order-2003/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2408",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Bristol Harbour Railway Vehicle Number DB978121) Exemption Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-bristol-harbour-railway-vehicle-number-db978121-exemption-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the use of the vehicle known as the Bristol Harbour Railway’s former ballast wagon number DB978121, as owned, converted, and operated by Bristol City Council for use on the Bristol Harbour Railway at the Bristol Industrial Museum even though it does not comply with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, amended by S.I. 2000/3215) because:\nthe colour of the exterior doors does not contrast with that of the vehicle body;\nno audible warning device is fitted to passenger doorways;\nhandrails are not fitted on the interior of the external doorways;\nthe handrails do not contrast with those parts of the vehicle to which they are adjacent;\nthe handholds fitted to the backs of the seats do not meet all of the necessary requirements;\nthere is no passenger information system; and\nthe wheelchair space is not fitted with a communication device.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2408/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:58:33.663011+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."
}