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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/18",
  "legislation_title": "Traffic Management Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 2",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“appropriate national authority” means—\n(a)the Secretary of State, as respects England; and\n(b)the National Assembly for Wales, as respects Wales;\n“intervention notice” means a notice under section 20;\n“intervention order” means an order under section 21;\n“local traffic authority” means a traffic authority other than the Secretary of State, a strategic highways company or the National Assembly for Wales;\n“London authority” means Transport for London, a London borough Council or the Common Council of the City of London;\n“Mayor” means the Mayor of London;\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“road network”, in relation to a strategic highways company or a local traffic authority, means the network of roads for which the company or the authority is the traffic authority;\n“traffic” includes pedestrians;\n“traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27);\n“ network management authority ” has the meaning given in section 16(1);\n“network management duty” has the meaning given in section 16(3).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(2); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(3)(a); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(3)(b); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 4.1.2005 for E. by S.I. 2004/3110, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 26.10.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/2826, art. 2(1)(2)(b)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/31",
    "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."
}