{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-summerlee-tramcar-no-392-exemption-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-summerlee-tramcar-no-392-exemption-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2873",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Summerlee Tramcar No. 392) Exemption Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-summerlee-tramcar-no-392-exemption-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the use of the vehicle known as the Summerlee Tramcar number 392 in the Summerlee Heritage Park near Glasgow even though it does not comply with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, amended by S.I. 2000/3215) because:\nthe colour of the exterior doors does not contrast with that of the vehicle body;\nno audible warning device is fitted to passenger doorways;\nthe construction and dimensions of the steps at the external doorways do not meet the requirements;\nthe steps at the external doorways are not illuminated;\nonly one handrail is fitted on the interior of an external doorway;\nthe handrails are not of the correct dimensions;\nthe handholds fitted to the backs of the seats do not full comply;\nthere is no passenger information system;\nthe handrails intrude into the wheelchair space and there is no structure to prevent a reference wheelchair from moving or tipping;\nthe wheelchair space is not fitted with a communication device;\na table is not provided in the wheelchair space;\na wheelchair compatible doorway is fitted only on one side of the vehicle and the width of the passageway between that doorway and the wheelchair space is too narrow; and\nthe passenger lift is not fitted with a sensor device.\nThis Order also imposes conditions on the authorisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2873/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:39:46.134024+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."
}