{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/54",
  "legislation_title": "Roads (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Dual carriageways, roundabouts and refuges.",
  "text": "The roads authority may construct and maintain works in the carriageway of a public road—\n(a) along any length of the road for separating a part which is to be used by traffic moving in one direction from a part which is to be used (whether at all times or at particular times only) by traffic moving in the other;\n(b) at junctions of the road for regulating the movement of traffic; or\n(c) for providing places of refuge for the protection of pedestrians crossing the road.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/section/27",
    "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."
}