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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-1/part-II/crossheading-the-road-traffic-act-1988-c52",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/48",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/II/crossheading/the-road-traffic-act-1988-c52",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1988 (c.52)",
  "text": "Section 1 (causing death by dangerous driving).\nSection 3A (causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 2: entry added by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 in entry relating to Road Traffic Act 1988 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 17(a); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 in entry relating to Road Traffic Act 1988 inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 17(b); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:50.097321+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."
}