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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "General traffic regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Department may make regulations for the control of traffic on roads (including pedestrian traffic).\n(2) The Department may make regulations with respect to the use of vehicles of any kind whatsoever on roads.\n(3) Any person who contravenes any regulations under this Article is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/276/article/8",
    "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. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}