{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-order-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-order-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2404",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the use of specified rail vehicles forming Class 458 electrical multiple-units, although they do not conform with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 because:\ndoorway warning sounds cannot be heard outside the vehicle;\nwarnings are emitted whenever the passenger doors in the sides of the vehicles are closed;\ndoor controls are not positioned as required;\ninternal door controls are not illuminated;\nthe band of colour on the step-tread is too wide;\nthere is no step illumination\nhandrails at external doors are not positioned as required;\nthe characters for internal visual announcements are smaller than required; and\nthe toilet cubicle for disabled persons in wheelchairs does not meet the requirement that such a person may wash and dry his hands without moving from the toilet and the requirement that there must be sufficient space for a reference wheelchair in front of and beside the toilet.\nIt sets time limits on the authorisation 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/1999/2404/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:36.455406+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."
}