{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-2", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-2.json", "legislation": "nisi/1997/276", "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997", "path": "article/2", "kind": "article", "number": "2", "heading": "Interpretation", "text": "(1) The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“carriageway” means a way constituted or comprised in a road being a way over which the public have a right of way for the passage of vehicles;\n“constable” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“designated parking place” means a parking place designated by order under Article 15;\n“disabled person's vehicle” means a vehicle lawfully displaying a badge of a form prescribed under section 14(1) of the 1978 c. 53. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;\n“driver”, where a separate person acts as a steersman of a motor vehicle, includes that person as well as any other person engaged in the driving of the vehicle;\n“enactment” includes any order, regulation, rule, bye-law or other instrument made under a statutory provision;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“experimental traffic control scheme” means a scheme under Article 5;\n“the Highway Code” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 51(7) of the Order of 1995;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“motor vehicle” means, subject to Article 6 of the Order of 1995, a mechanically propelled vehicle (not being a tramcar or other vehicle running on permanent rails, or a trolley vehicle) which is intended or adapted for use on roads;\n“off-street parking accommodation” means parking accommodation for vehicles otherwise than on roads;\n“off-street parking place” means a parking place other than a parking place on a road;\n“the Order of 1981” means the 1981 NI 1. Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n“the Order of 1995” means the 1995 NI 18. Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“parking attendant” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 25;\n“parking place” means a place where vehicles or vehicles of any particular class may wait;\n“parking meter” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 16(2)(a);\nDefinition rep. by 2000 c. 32\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“public road” means a road which is maintainable by the Department, and includes any part of such a road and any bridge or tunnel over or through which such a road passes;\n“road” includes a public road and any street, carriageway, highway or roadway to which the public has access;\n“the Road Traffic Orders” means the Order of 1981, the Order of 1995 . . . this Order . . . the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 and the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.;\n“special road” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the 1993 NI 15. Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;\n“traffic” includes the passage of animals on a road;\n“traffic regulation order” means an order under Article 4;\n“traffic sign” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 28;\n“trailer” means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle;\n“trolley vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use without rails under power transmitted to the vehicle from some external source (whether or not there is in addition a source of power on board the vehicle);\n“vehicle” includes a cycle and a trailer.", "extent": "N.I.", "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "F", "label": "F1", "text": "Definition of \"excess charge\" in art. 2(2) repealed (30.10.2006) by Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14)), arts. 1(3), 39(a), 47, Sch. 3; S.R. 2006/347, art. 2, Sch." }, { "type": "F", "label": "F2", "text": "Definition of \"initial charge\" in art. 2(2) repealed (30.10.2006) by Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14)), arts. 1(3), 39(a), 47, Sch. 3; S.R. 2006/347, art. 2, Sch." }, { "type": "F", "label": "F3", "text": "Art. 2(2): word in definition of \"the Road Traffic Orders\" omitted (27.6.2007) by virtue of Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 22(a); S.R. 2007/302, art. 2, Sch." }, { "type": "F", "label": "F4", "text": "Art. 2(2): words in definition of \"the Road Traffic Orders\" inserted (27.6.2007) by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 22(b); S.R. 2007/302, art. 2, Sch." }, { "type": "F", "label": "F5", "text": "Art. 2(2): word in the definition of \"the Road Traffic Orders\" omitted (23.11.2009) by virtue of Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4), ss. 58(1), 59, Sch. 2 para. 12(a); S.R. 2009/352, art. 2, Sch." }, { "type": "F", "label": "F6", "text": "Art. 2(2): words in the definition of \"the Road Traffic Orders\" added (23.11.2009) by Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 4), ss. 58(1), 59, Sch. 2 para. 12(b); S.R. 2009/352, art. 2, Sch." } ], "outstanding_effects": [], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/276/article/2", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:28.359655+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. 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