97A. Definitions of this Part

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“boarding lift” means a lift fitted to a vehicle for the purpose of allowing a wheelchair user to board and alight from the vehicle;“boarding ramp” means a ramp fitted to a vehicle for the purpose of allowing a wheelchair user to board and alight from the vehicle;“contrast” means a contrast in the amount of light which is reflected by the surface of a part of a vehicle or its equipment which is required by this Part to contrast;“g” means a rate of change of velocity of 9.81 m/s2;“optical device” means any device (including a mirror, closed circuit television and optical cable) which provides the driver of a vehicle with a view of an area of the vehicle;“portable ramp” means a ramp which is carried on a vehicle for the purpose of allowing a wheelchair user to board and alight from the vehicle;“reference wheelchair” means a wheelchair occupied by a wheelchair user having the dimensions shown in Diagram 2 of the Schedule;“vehicle” means —

any omnibus registered on or after 15th February 2006; or (b)any public service vehicle which is constructed or adapted to provide access for a wheelchair user and which has a seating capacity of more than 22 persons (excluding the driver);“wheelchair restraint system” means a system which is designed to keep a wheelchair restrained within the wheelchair space;“wheelchair space” means the space provided in a vehicle for the purpose of carriage of a wheelchair and a wheelchair user;“wheelchair user” means a person with physical disability using a wheelchair;“wheelchair user restraint system” means a system which is designed to keep a wheelchair user restrained in a wheelchair.