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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/regulation-12",
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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": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Door handles",
  "text": "A door handle fitted for the use of passengers shall be operable by the exertion of a force not exceeding 15 newtons.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2050",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Connex South Eastern Class 375 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "restr",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1687",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Festiniog Railway Company Vehicle Number 122) Exemption Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "excl",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1436",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Furness Railway Trust North London Coach) Exemption Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/954",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Midland Mainline Class 222 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "excl (temp)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/329",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Virgin West Coast Class 390) Exemption Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "restr (temp) (until 31.5.2012)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1699",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Virgin West Coast Class 390 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "restr",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1694",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Isle of Wight Railway LCDR No. 2515 Vehicle) Exemption Order 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "excl",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1188",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewry Car) Exemption Order 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2456/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:49.649417+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."
}