{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-midland-mainline-class-222-vehicles-exemption-order-2004/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-midland-mainline-class-222-vehicles-exemption-order-2004/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/954",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Midland Mainline Class 222 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-midland-mainline-class-222-vehicles-exemption-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the use for carriage of specified rail vehicles forming part of the fleet of Class 222 diesel electric multiple-units even though they do not conform with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, amended by S.I. 2000/3215) because:\nthere is not sufficient contrast between the carpet in the vestibule and the carpet in some of the passenger saloons;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate the handles which open the toilet cubicle doors;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate the folding nappy-changing table which is situated in the wheelchair accessible toilet ; and\nthe colour of the toilet seats and lids does not contrast sufficiently with the adjacent parts of the toilet cubicles.\nThe Order imposes time limits on the exemptions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/954/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:28:19.587931+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."
}