Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 2398

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South West Trains Class 458 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2000

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     4. After article 4 of the 1999 Order there shall be inserted - 

     " 4A  - (1) The exemption given by article 4(2) above in relation to regulation 5(1)(b) shall only apply while - 


(a) the maximum amount of pressure required to operate a door control does not exceed 40 newtons; and

(b) the operator provides in that vehicle or, where an exempted vehicle forms part of a train, in that train a person, other than the driver of that vehicle or train, who is reasonably available to assist a disabled person.



    (2) The exemption given in article 4(2) above in relation to regulation 20(1)(f) is given on the condition that, until a handrail compliant with regulation 20(1)(f) is installed, no other hinged handrail is installed to the side of the toilet in the nearest toilet cubicle to a wheelchair space."

     5. After article 5(3) of the 1999 Order there shall be inserted - 

    " (3A) The exemption given in respect of regulations 5(1)(b), 12 and 20(1)(f) shall cease at the end of 31st March 2001."

Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions


Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

6th September 2000

[2] S.I. 1999/2404.back