{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crop-residues-burning-regulations-1993/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crop-residues-burning-regulations-1993/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1366",
  "legislation_title": "The Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crop-residues-burning-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“A-road” means any principal road so classified under section 12 of the Highways Act 1980() to which is assigned in common usage an identifying number with the prefix “A”;\n“crop residue” means straw or stubble or any other crop residue remaining on the land after harvesting of the crop grown thereon;\n“district council” includes the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n“dual carriageway” means a road part of which consists of a central reservation to separate a carriageway to be used by vehicles proceeding in one direction from a carriageway to be used by vehicles proceeding in the opposite direction;\n“fire-break” means an area of ground of which the surface consists wholly or mainly of substances other than combustible material;\n“motorway” means a special road within the meaning of section 142(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984() which has been declared open for use under section 1(4) of that Act; and\n“scheduled monument” has the meaning assigned to that expression in section 1(11) of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979().\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1979 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2024/924",
      "affecting_title": "The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2024/924",
      "affecting_title": "The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1366/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:02.403394+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."
}