{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-north-western-trains-class-1750-and-class-1751-vehicles-exemption-order-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-north-western-trains-class-1750-and-class-1751-vehicles-exemption-order-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/524",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (North Western Trains Class 175/0 and Class 175/1 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-north-western-trains-class-1750-and-class-1751-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 of Classes 175/0 and 175/1, although they do not conform 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 sides of vehicles are closed;\nthere is no step illumination;\nthe unobstructed space beneath tables in wheelchair spaces is less than 700 millimetres;\nthe hinged handrail in toilets, which are provided for disabled persons in wheelchairs, has a curve with an inside radius of less than 50 millimetres.\nIt sets a time limit on the authorisation and imposes a condition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/524/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:56.325324+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."
}