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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2456",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DISABLED PERSONS\nTRANSPORT\nMade 5th October 1998\nLaid 9th October 1998\nComing into force 1st November 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 46(1), (2) and (5) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after consultation with the Disabled Persons Tranport Advisory Committee and such other representative organisations as he thought fit in accordance with section 46(11) of the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50."
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  "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."
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