{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-179",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-179.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/154",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/179",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "179",
  "heading": "Identification of pedestrians",
  "text": "(1) If a constable has reasonable cause to believe that any pedestrian has committed any offence under the Road Traffic Orders or any regulations made under the Road Traffic Orders, he may require him to give his name and address.\n(2) Any person who fails to give his name and address as required by paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1995 NI 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 179 extended by 2003 c. 6, Sch. 2A para. 3(c) (as inserted (prosp.) by Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(2)(d), 7(8), Sch. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/154/article/179",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:26.616135+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."
}