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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-regulations-2010/schedule-1/part-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-regulations-2010/schedule-1/part-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/432",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Door handles",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a door handle fitted for the use of passengers in a rail vehicle must be operable by the exertion of a force not exceeding 15 newtons.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where a door handle fitted to a door for the use of passengers in a rail vehicle has no moving parts, the door must be capable of being opened and closed by the exertion of a force not exceeding 15 newtons.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a door handle of a refrigerator provided for the use of passengers within a catering or retail area on a rail vehicle where a member of the operator's staff is, at all times when that catering or retail area is open for service or for the sale of goods, available to provide assistance to a person who is disabled to operate that handle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/432/schedule/1/part/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:51:49.835993+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."
}