{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993/section-71B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993/section-71B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/43",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993",
  "path": "section/71B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71B",
  "heading": "Code of practice for protection of interests of rail users who are disabled.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall—\n(a) prepare and from time to time revise, and\n(b) publish and otherwise promote the adoption and implementation of,\na code of practice for protecting the interests of users of railway passenger services or station services who are disabled\n(2) In preparing or revising the code of practice, the Secretary of State shall consult the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee established under section 125 of the Transport Act 1985.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 71B inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 216, Sch. 17 para. 28(1); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 71B substituted (26.6.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 1, 60, Sch. 1 para. 29; S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 67."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/section/71B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:47.841849+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."
}