{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merseytram-liverpool-city-centre-to-kirkby-order-2005/article-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merseytram-liverpool-city-centre-to-kirkby-order-2005/article-49.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/120",
  "legislation_title": "The Merseytram (Liverpool City Centre to Kirkby) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merseytram-liverpool-city-centre-to-kirkby-order-2005",
  "path": "article/49",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Trespass on tramroads",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) trespasses on any authorised tramroad; or\n(b) trespasses upon any land of Merseytravel in dangerous proximity to any authorised tramroad or to any electrical or other apparatus used for or in connection with the operation of the authorised tramroads;\nshall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) No person shall be convicted of an offence under this article unless it is shown that a notice warning the public not to trespass upon the tramroads was clearly exhibited and maintained at the tram stop on the authorised tram system nearest the place where the offence is alleged to have been committed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/120/article/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:21.712657+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."
}