To be recognised as a designated wheelchair accessible vehicle your vehicle must -
- be capable of carrying some, but not necessarily all types of occupied wheelchairs
- allow the user of a 'reference wheelchair' to enter and exit the vehicle and travel in the passenger compartment in safety and reasonable comfort whilst seated in their wheelchair
The driver of a designated vehicle must -
- carry the passenger while in the wheelchair
- not make any additional charge for doing so
- carry the wheelchair if the passenger chooses to sit in a passenger seat
- take such steps as are necessary to make sure that the passenger is carried in safety and reasonable comfort
- give the passenger such mobility assistance as is reasonably required
If a driver fails to comply with any of the above they are committing an offence.
