{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-virgin-west-coast-class-390-exemption-order-2005/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-virgin-west-coast-class-390-exemption-order-2005/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/329",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Virgin West Coast Class 390) Exemption Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-virgin-west-coast-class-390-exemption-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the use for carriage of specified rail vehicles which form the fleet of Class 390 electric multiple-units, even though they do not conform with certain provisions in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, amended by S.I. 2000/3215) because:\nthe carpets in the vestibule do not contrast sufficiently with the carpets in the adjacent passenger saloon;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate a refrigerator door handle; and\nthe tables fitted in the wheelchair spaces can be fixed at a level lower than the minimum specified by the Regulations.\nThe Order sets time limits on the exemptions and imposes conditions.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/329/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:10:05.093283+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."
}