{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/54",
  "legislation_title": "Roads (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Regulations for procedure in schemes and orders for special roads and trunk roads.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sections 143 and 143A of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, this Act, the Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing the procedure to be followed in connection with the making and confirmation of schemes under section 7 and orders under sections 5, 9 and 12 of this Act.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, regulations under this section may provide for securing that the centre-line of—\n(a) a special road authorised by a scheme under section 7 of this Act,\n(b) a road directed by order to become a trunk road under section 5 of this Act, or\n(c) a road affected by an order under section 9 or 12 of this Act,\nshall be indicated on a map on such scale as may be prescribed by the regulations.\n(3) The centre-line of any road referred to in subsection (2) above as constructed may deviate from the centre-line as indicated on the map referred to in that subsection within such limits of deviation, not exceeding 50 metres, as may be specified in the scheme or order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 144(1) substituted (28.12.2007) by Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 8), ss. 24(3), 30(4); S.S.I. 2007/516, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/section/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:06.913643+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."
}