{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-gatwick-express-class-460-vehicles-exemption-order-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-gatwick-express-class-460-vehicles-exemption-order-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/770",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-gatwick-express-class-460-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 forming Class 460 electrical multiple-units, although they do not confirm 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 side of the vehicle are closed;\ndoor controls are not positioned as required;\nthe amount of pressure needed to operate the door controls is greater than permitted;\ninternal door controls are not illuminated;\nno illumination is provided for steps;\nthe seats and the spaces around them do not meet the required dimensions;\ntransparent surfaces do not have the required coloured markings;\nhandrails at external doors are not positioned as required;\nthe gap between certain handrails and the surface on which they are fixed is too small;\nthe characters for the internal visual announcements are smaller than required;\nthere are too few wheelchair spaces;\nthere are no tables in the wheelchair spaces;\na disabled person cannot wash and dry their hands without moving from the toilet;\nit is not possible for a disabled person to move to the toilet seat from a wheelchair placed at the side or the front of the toilet;\nthere is no hinged handrail beside the toilet in the toilet cubicle provided for disabled persons in wheelchairs.\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/2000/770/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:30.113616+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."
}