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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-london-underground-metropolitan-line-s8-vehicles-boarding-devices-exemption-order-2013/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-london-underground-metropolitan-line-s8-vehicles-boarding-devices-exemption-order-2013/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1931",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) (Boarding Devices) Exemption Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-london-underground-metropolitan-line-s8-vehicles-boarding-devices-exemption-order-2013",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemption",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 a MS exempt vehicle is authorised to be used for carriage on the Metropolitan Line even if it is used in a manner that does not conform with the requirements of paragraph 1(1) (boarding devices at wheelchair compatible doorways), but only in so far as the vehicle is stationary at a station platform named in a table in the Schedule.\n(2) The exemption from paragraph 1(1) expires—\n(a) in relation to a station platform named in table 1 in the Schedule, at the end of the day indicated against its name;\n(b) in relation to a station platform named in table 2 in the Schedule, when step-free access is provided to that station platform;\n(c) in relation to a station platform named in table 3 in the Schedule, at the earlier of the dates—\n(i) when that platform can safely be accessed by a disabled person using a wheelchair from a pre-1999 vehicle which is providing a service on the Piccadilly Line at that station; or\n(ii) when step-free access is provided to all platforms at that station.\n(3) The exemption from paragraph 1(1) does not expire in relation to a station platform named in table 4 in the Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1931/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:45:51.983102+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."
}