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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-regulations-1982/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1163",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-regulations-1982",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Restriction on reversing",
  "text": "No vehicle on a motorway shall be driven or moved backwards except in so far as it is necessary to back the vehicle to enable it to proceed forwards or to be connected to any other vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 15.9.1982, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1163/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:15:41.148500+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."
}