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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Restriction on reversing",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 14 a vehicle on a carriageway shall not be driven or moved backwards except insofar as it is necessary to back the vehicle to enable it to proceed forward along the carriageway or to be connected to any other vehicle.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in operation at 28.5.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/135/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:00.067401+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."
}