{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-194",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-194.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/52",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988",
  "path": "section/194",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "194",
  "heading": "General index.",
  "text": "The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are respectively defined or (as the case may be) fall to be construed in accordance with the provisions of this Act listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.\nExpression\nRelevant provision\nBridleway\nSection 192\nCarriage of goods\nSection 192\nCarriageway\nSection 192\nCycle\nSection 192\nDrive\nSection 192\nDriver\nSection 192\nFootpath\nSection 192\nFootway\nSection 192\nGoods\nSection 192\nGoods vehicle\nSection 192\nGoods vehicle test certificate\nSection 49(2)(b)\nHeavy locomotive\nSection 185\nHeavy motor car\nSection 185\nHighway authority\nSection 192\nInternational road haulage permit\nSection 192\nInvalid carriage\nSection 185\nLight locomotive\nSection 185\nLocal roads authority\nSection 192\nMotor car\nSection 185\nMotor cycle\nSection 185\nMotor tractor\nSection 185\nMotor vehicle\nSections 185, 186(1), 187, 188, 189\nOwner\nSection 192\nPlating certificate\nSection 49(2)(a)\nPrescribed\nSection 192\nPublic road\nSection 192\nRoad\nSection 192\nRoads authority\nSection 192\nRoad Traffic Acts\nSection 192\nSpecial road\nSection 192\nStatutory\nSection 192\nTest certificate\nSection 45(2)\nTraffic Acts\nSection 192\nTraffic sign\nSection 192\nTrailer\nSection 185\nTramcar\nSection 192\nTrolley vehicle\nSection 192\nTrunk road\nSection 192\nUnladen weight\nSection 190",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/38",
      "affecting_title": "Transport Act 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/10",
      "affecting_title": "Automated Vehicles Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/194",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:34.565959+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."
}