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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984-fixed-penalty-regulations-2008/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/243",
  "legislation_title": "The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984-fixed-penalty-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the 1984 Act” means the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;\n“address”, in relation to a particular method of transmitting an electronic communication, means any number or address used for the purposes of such method of transmission;\n“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000; and\n“offence” means a fixed penalty offence.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.10.2008, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7. Section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 406(1) and Schedule 17, paragraph 158."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/243",
      "affecting_title": "The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/243/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:40.395391+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."
}