{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-road-schemes-and-highways-orders-procedure-regulations-1993/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-road-schemes-and-highways-orders-procedure-regulations-1993/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Road Schemes and Highways Orders (Procedure) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-road-schemes-and-highways-orders-procedure-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Special Road Schemes and Highways Orders (Procedure) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st March 1993.\n(2) In these Regulations–\n(a) a reference to a section or a Schedule followed by a number is a reference to the section of, or Schedule to, the Highways Act 1980 bearing that number;\n(b) a reference to a road, highway or private means of access includes where appropriate a reference to any length, or part of a road, highway or private means of access, as the case may be; and\n(c) “special road” includes a proposed highway which is the subject of a scheme made by a local authority under section 16 and which would be a special road if the scheme were confirmed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/169/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:06:08.449951+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."
}