{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1974/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1974/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/50",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1974",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Experimental introduction of road humps for controlling vehicle speeds.",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Explosives Act 1875 or in any other enactment, a constable who is for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic in a road or any person acting under his authority may, on or in the vicinity of the road, light and use a flare for the purpose of regulating the traffic.\n(2) In this section “flare” means a firework or other device designed to produce a light by a process of combustion.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1875 c. 17(51:2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/22",
      "affecting_title": "Fireworks Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/50/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:02.803337+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."
}