{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-middleton-railway-drewry-car-exemption-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-middleton-railway-drewry-car-exemption-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1188",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-middleton-railway-drewry-car-exemption-order-2002",
  "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 Drewry Car DB998901 on the Middleton Railway in Leeds even though it does not comply with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456 as 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;\nthe interior transparent surfaces are not marked as required;\nthere is no handrail on the interior side of the external passenger doorways;\nthe handrails are not of the required diameter;\nhandholds are not fitted to the top of the seat backs;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate the door handles;\nthere is no passenger information system;\nthe wheelchair space is not fitted with a communication device;\nthere is no wheelchair compatible doorway on one side of the vehicle;\nthe wheelchair compatible doorway is not of the required width; and\nthe wheelchair ramp is not of the required width and cannot support the required minimum weight.\nThis Order also imposes conditions on the authorisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1188/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:59:15.983944+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."
}