{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1796",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Restrictions on fitting blue warning beacons, special warning lamps and similar devices",
  "text": "No vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or a vehicle used for special forces purposes, shall be fitted with–\n(a) a blue warning beacon or special warning lamp, or\n(b) a device which resembles a blue warning beacon or a special warning lamp, whether the same is in working order or not.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16 inserted (15.4.2011) by The Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/935), regs. 1(1), 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 1.11.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:36:39.481273+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."
}