{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/396",
  "legislation_title": "The Taxi Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxi-accessibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Steps",
  "text": "The requirements of paragraph 6 may alternatively be met by fitting a continuous running board which meets the following requirements—\n(a) the running board shall be not less than 200mm deep at the point where the passengers board;\n(b) the surface of the running board shall be covered in a slip resistant material;\n(c) the running board should support a mass of 136kg at its central point;\n(d) around and abutting the edges of the running board there shall be a band of colour of not less than 50mm in width which shall contrast with the remainder of the surface of the running board; and\n(e) the running board shall have a slope of not more than 3° in any direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/396/schedule/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:59:28.437635+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."
}