Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Gangways

7.  Any gangway between a wheelchair space and an entrance or exit intended to provide access for a wheelchair user–

(a) shall allow a reference wheelchair to be moved from an entrance to the wheelchair space and from the wheelchair space to an exit, with the wheelchair user moving in a forward facing direction, and to be moved (in either direction) from the gangway into the wheelchair space in the appropriate direction for travel;

(b) shall not be less than 750mm wide at any point along the gangway; and

(c) where a vehicle is fitted with more than one wheelchair space, the requirement in (a) shall be met with any other wheelchair space occupied with a reference wheelchair.