{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-amendment-order-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-amendment-order-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2398",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-amendment-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999 (“the 1999 Order”) by providing additional exemptions for the vehicles which are the subject of the 1999 Order from the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998. The additional exemptions are granted because—\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate some door control devices;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate some door handles; and\nno hinged handrail is fitted in the nearest toilet to the wheelchair space.\nIt also sets time limits in respect of these exemptions and imposes conditions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2398/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T08:03:52.456128+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."
}