{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-157",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-157.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/54",
  "legislation_title": "Roads (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/157",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "157",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, this Act, except this section, shall come into force on 1st January 1985 (in this Act referred to as “the commencement of this Act”).\n(3) The following provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different purposes and for different areas—\nsection 36 to 40;\nsection 126 and Schedule 7;\nsection 156(3) and Schedule 11 in so far as they relate to Schedule 10 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.\n(4) This Act applies to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 157(3) fully exercised: S.I. 1985/1953, 1989/1094, 1990/2622"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/section/157",
    "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."
}