{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of the Regulations",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply in relation to—\n(a) the following road tunnels—\n(i) A282 Dartford Tunnel, Essex and Kent;\n(ii) A1(M) Hatfield Tunnel, Hertfordshire;\n(iii) M25 Bell Common Tunnel, Essex;\n(iv) M25 Holmesdale Tunnel, Hertfordshire;\n(v) A299 Ramsgate Tunnel, Kent;\n(vi) A55 Conwy Tunnel, Conwy;\n(vii) A55 Pen-y-Clip Tunnel, Conwy;\n(viii) A55 Penmaenbach Tunnel, Conwy; and\n(b) any proposed road tunnel in the United Kingdom that immediately before IP completion day—\n(i) formed part of the trans-European road network;\n(ii) was at the construction stage or the design stage; and\n(iii) would be over 500 metres in length.\n(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a road tunnel would be over 500 metres in length if the longest traffic lane on the fully enclosed part of that tunnel would be over 500 metres in length.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 substituted (28.5.2021) by The Road Tunnel Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/552), regs. 1, 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1520/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:52:05.201550+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."
}