{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-order-2001/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/848",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-order-2001",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The exemption given by article 4(2) above in relation to regulation 5(1)(b) shall only apply while—\n(a) the maximum amount of force required to operate a door control does not exceed 40 newtons; and\n(b) the operator provides in that vehicle or, where an exempted vehicle forms part of a train, in that train a person, other than the driver of that vehicle or train, who is reasonably available to assist a disabled person.\n(2) The exemption given by article 4(2) above in relation to regulation 20(1)(f) is given on the condition that, until a handrail compliant with regulation 20(1)(f) is installed, no other hinged handrail is installed to the side of the toilet in the nearest toilet cubicle to a wheelchair space.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/848/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:57:45.014277+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."
}