{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heavy-commercial-vehicles-in-kent-no-2-order-2019/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heavy-commercial-vehicles-in-kent-no-2-order-2019/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1394",
  "legislation_title": "The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 2) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heavy-commercial-vehicles-in-kent-no-2-order-2019",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“relevant vehicle” means a heavy commercial vehicle —\n(a)subject to a direction given by a traffic officer under article 2(3) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019; or\n(b)on a journey to a place outside the United Kingdom—\n(i)via the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone; or\n(ii)which involves embarking from the Port of Dover;\n“specified person” means a constable or traffic officer;\n“traffic officer” means an individual designated as a traffic officer under section 2 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 ;\n“traffic restriction period” means a period of time when a restriction imposed by article 2(1) of the Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019 applies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 138 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the meaning of “heavy commercial vehicle”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2004 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2019/1210."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 31.10.2019, see art. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1394/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:14.894662+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."
}