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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Handrails",
  "text": "(1) A handrail must be fitted in every rail vehicle, on the inside as close as practicable to, and on either side of, the passenger doorways in the side of the vehicle, extending vertically from a point not more than 700 millimetres above the floor to a point not less than 1200 millimetres above the floor.\n(2) Any passenger handrail fitted in or to a rail vehicle must comply with the following requirements—\n(a) it must have a circular cross section with a diameter of not less than 30 millimetres and not more than 40 millimetres;\n(b) there must be not less than 45 millimetres clearance for a passenger’s hand between any part of the handrail and any other part of the rail vehicle, excluding the mountings of the handrail to the vehicle;\n(c) it must have a slip-resistant surface; and\n(d) it must contrast with the parts of the rail vehicle adjacent to that handrail.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/45/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:08:04.869661+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."
}