{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a13-trunk-road-tower-hamlets-red-route-bus-priority-traffic-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a13-trunk-road-tower-hamlets-red-route-bus-priority-traffic-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3051",
  "legislation_title": "The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route (Bus Priority) Traffic Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a13-trunk-road-tower-hamlets-red-route-bus-priority-traffic-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n(a) a reference to an article or schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or schedule to, this Order so numbered;\n(b) causing includes permitting;\n(c) “carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980; and\n(d) “vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;\n(e) “bus”, “local bus”, “pedal cycle”, “taxi”, “traffic lane”, “contra-flow” and “with-flow lane” have the meanings given in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994;\n(f) “bus lane” means a traffic lane on a length of road which is specified in column (2) in the table in schedule 1 and in respect of which traffic signs are in place indicating the controls specified in this Order;\n(g) “bus-only route” means an area of road which is specified in column (2) in the table in schedule 2 and in respect of which traffic signs are in place indicating the controls specified in this Order;\n(h) “dial-a-ride bus” means a vehicle—\n(i) displaying so as to be conspicuous on the outside of the vehicle a logo in a form approved by or with the authority of the Traffic Director for London and containing the words “dial-a-ride”; and\n(ii) constructed or adapted for the carriage of disabled persons and their companions and which is being used to provide a service for the carriage of such persons;\n(i) “times of operation” means\nin relation to a bus lane specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the times specified in column (3) of that item, and\nin relation to a bus-only route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2, the times specified in column (3) of that item;\n(j) an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in the table in schedule 1 or 2 applies to that column in subsequent items in that table.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "SI 1994, 1519."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3051/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:38.474857+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."
}