{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-south-west-trains-class-458-vehicles-exemption-order-2001/note",
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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": "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;\ndoor controls are not positioned as required;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate some door control devices;\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;\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; and\nno hinged handrail is fitted in the nearest toilet to the wheelchair space.\nIt sets time limits on the authorisation and imposes conditions.\nThis Order consolidates and replaces, to the extent that they are not spent, the provisions of:\n(1) The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999; and\n(2) The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2000.\nThe only change of substance is the termination dates for the exemptions from regulations 5(1)(b) and 20(1)(f), which have been extended.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/848/note",
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  },
  "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."
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