{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-croydon-tramlink-class-cr4000-vehicles-exemption-order-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-croydon-tramlink-class-cr4000-vehicles-exemption-order-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/6",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-croydon-tramlink-class-cr4000-vehicles-exemption-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the use of specified rail vehicles of Bombardier class CR4000, although they do not conform with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 because:\ndoorway warning sounds cannot be heard outside the vehicle;\nwarnings are emitted whenever the passenger doors in the sides of vehicles are closed;\nthe seat cushions of priority seats do not comply with the minimum width requirement;\nthe request-stop controls on handrails beside priority seats are below the minimum required height above the floor;\nthe “Stopping” signs are in capital letters only;\nthe next stop is not announced while the tram is travelling to that stop;\nthe external visual information system uses capital letters only;\nthere is no internal visual information system;\nthe internal audible information system will be used only to announce delays, diversions or emergencies;\nthe wheelchair space does not have a structure or fitting to prevent a wheelchair moving or tipping;\nthe floor adjacent to the wheelchair compatible doorway has a 6 per cent slope.\nIt sets time limits on the authorisation and imposes conditions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/6/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:59.266921+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."
}