{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/18",
  "legislation_title": "Traffic Management Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction of traffic officers",
  "text": "(1) A traffic officer has jurisdiction—\n(a) over any relevant road in England (if he was designated by, or under an authorisation given by, the Secretary of State); or\n(b) over any relevant road in Wales (if he was designated by, or under an authorisation given by, the Assembly),\nunless his designation provides that this subsection does not apply to him.\n(2) If subsection (1) does not apply to a traffic officer, he has jurisdiction only over such relevant roads, or relevant roads of such descriptions, as may be specified in his designation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 4.10.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/2380, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 1.5.2009 for W. by S.I. 2009/1095, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/3",
    "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."
}