# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Paragraph 9: Seats

Extent: E+W+S

(1) No seat shall be fitted to any door of a minibus.
(2) Every seat and every wheelchair anchorage fitted to a minibus shall be fixed to the vehicle.
(3) No seat, other than a wheelchair, fitted to a minibus shall be less than 400 mm wide, and in ascertaining the width of a seat no account shall be taken of any arm-rests, whether or not they are folded back or otherwise put out of use.
(4) No minibus shall be fitted with an anchorage for a wheelchair in such a manner that a wheelchair secured to the anchorage would face either side of the vehicle.
(5) No minibus shall be fitted with a seat—
(a) facing either side of the vehicle and immediately forward of a rear door unless the seat is fitted with an arm-rest or similar device to guard against a passenger on that seat falling through the doorway; or
(b) so placed that a passenger on it would, without protection, be liable to be thrown through any doorway which is provided with a power-operated door or down any steps, unless the vehicle is fitted with a screen or guard which affords adequate protection against that occurrence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/6/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-6/paragraph-9
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