{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/49",
  "legislation_title": "Road Safety Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Trunk road picnic areas",
  "text": "In section 112 of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) (provision of picnic sites and public conveniences for users of trunk roads)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(power to provide trunk road picnic areas), omit “that is not a special road”,\n(b) in subsection (3) (power to manage), after “picnic area” insert “ (including, in particular, by enforcing controls on parking there and recovering the costs of doing so) ”,\n(c) in subsection (4)(power to make arrangements for the provision of conveniences, facilities, meals or refreshments with anyone other than a council), omit “, other than a council,”, and\n(d) in subsection (5)(power to provide conveniences), omit “that is not a special road”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 55 in force at 28.1.2008 for E.W. by S.I. 2007/3492, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/49/section/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:29.210416+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."
}