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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
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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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“class of passenger accommodation” means a type or area of passenger accommodation in a rail vehicle designated for persons paying the fare appropriate to that accommodation;\n“contrast” means a contrast in the amount of light which is reflected by the surfaces of the parts of a regulated rail vehicle or its equipment which are required by these Regulations to contrast;\n“light maintenance depot” has the same meaning as in the Railways Act 1993;\n“magnetic levitation” and “monorail” have the same meaning as in the Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) Order 1992;\n“passenger saloon” means that part of the interior of a regulated rail vehicle provided for the accommodation of passengers but does not include a toilet cubicle or a vestibule adjoining an exterior doorway;\n“priority seat” means a seat designated in accordance with regulation 8;\n“railway” and “tramway” have the same meaning as in the Transport and Works Act 1992\n“reference wheelchair” means an occupied wheelchair having the dimensions shown in diagram A in the Schedule;\n“street” means—\n(a) in England and Wales, a street within the meaning of section 48 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways;\n(b) in Scotland, a road within the meaning of section 107 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, together with land on the verge of a road or between two carriageways;\n“train” means two or more rail vehicles, other than tramcars, coupled together;\n“tramcar” means a rail vehicle (whether articulated in one or more places or not) constructed or adapted to be accessible by persons at a tram stop;\n“tram stop” means a stopping place for tramcars in a street or other place to which the public has access (including a place to which the public has access only on making a payment) at which persons may board or leave a tramcar;\n“wheelchair-compatible doorway” means a doorway provided in accordance with regulation 19;\n“wheelchair-compatible sleeping compartment” means a compartment in a regulated rail vehicle with sleeping accommodation which is provided for a disabled person in a wheelchair in accordance with regulation 17;\n“wheelchair space” means a space in a regulated rail vehicle for a disabled person in a wheelchair which is provided in accordance with regulation 16;\n“width” means, when applied to a doorway or passageway, the unobstructed width of that doorway or passageway up to a height of 1,400 millimetres above the door sill or floor, and “wide” shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to a regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the relevant regulation and a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3231."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1991 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3215",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3215",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3215",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1746",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2456/regulation/2",
    "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."
}