{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-london-borough-of-hounslow-bus-lane-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-london-borough-of-hounslow-bus-lane-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3090",
  "legislation_title": "The M4 Motorway (London Borough of Hounslow) (Bus Lane) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-london-borough-of-hounslow-bus-lane-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order:\n“bus” means a public service vehicle as defined in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;\n“taxi” has the meaning given in Regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994;\n“motorway” has the meaning given in Regulation 3(1) of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982;\n“bus lane” means the right-hand or offside traffic lane of the eastbound carriageway of the M4 motorway between a point 19 metres east of marker post 21.8 and a point 12 metres west of marker post 16.0, a total distance of approximately 5.78 kilometres.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 14. Section 1 was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), Schedule 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1519."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/1163; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1479 and 1992/1364."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1672",
      "affecting_title": "The M4 Motorway (London Borough of Hounslow) (Bus Lane) Order 1998 (Variation) Order 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3090/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:27.107543+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."
}