{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/18",
  "legislation_title": "Traffic Management Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Powers to place temporary traffic signs",
  "text": "(1) A traffic officer has the powers of a constable under section 67(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (power in the case of emergencies and temporary obstructions etc. to place and temporarily maintain traffic signs on a road or on any structure on a road).\n(2) The references insection 67(1) and (2) to powers conferred by subsection (1) of that section include a reference to the corresponding powers of a traffic officer by virtue of this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 4.10.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/2380, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}