{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/18",
  "legislation_title": "Traffic Management Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 1",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the appropriate national authority” means—\n(a)the Secretary of State, as respects England; and\n(b)the Assembly, as respects Wales;\n“the Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“authorised person” means a person who is authorised under section 2;\n“designation” means designation as a traffic officer under section 2;\n“relevant road” has the meaning given by section 1(5);\n“road” means any length of highway or of any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;\n“ strategic highways company ” means a company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015;\n“traffic authority” has same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27);\n“traffic officer” means an individual designated under section 2.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 133; S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 15 in force at 4.10.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/2380, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 15 in force at 1.5.2009 for W. by S.I. 2009/1095, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:08.169097+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."
}