{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-specified-restrictions-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-specified-restrictions-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/380",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-specified-restrictions-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 14th December 1998.\n(2) In these Regulations “the 1981 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.\n(3) Expressions relating to vehicle categories shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(2)(a) and (b) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 14.12.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 542 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/380",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/380/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:27.258058+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."
}