{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a13-trunk-road-tower-hamlets-red-route-bus-priority-traffic-order-1999/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a13-trunk-road-tower-hamlets-red-route-bus-priority-traffic-order-1999/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemptions—Bus Lanes",
  "text": "(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply so as to prevent a vehicle being in a bus lane if and for as long as necessary—\n(a) to enable a person to get on or off the vehicle; or\n(b) to enable goods to be loaded on to or unloaded from the vehicle;\nif and in so far as the activity is not prohibited by the provisions of any other Order.\n(2) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which is being used for a purpose which is within an exemption to a restriction or prohibition imposed by any other Order or which is permitted by any other Order.\n(3) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a vehicle crossing a bus lane to get to or from any road adjacent to the bus lane or any vehicular access to premises adjacent to the bus lane.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3051/article/4",
    "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."
}