{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-87A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004/section-87A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/18",
  "legislation_title": "Traffic Management Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-management-act-2004",
  "path": "section/87A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "87A",
  "heading": "Power to prohibit use of devices etc: parking contraventions in England",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision to prohibit the use by civil enforcement officers of a device of a description specified in the regulations, or of records produced by such a device, in connection with the enforcement of parking contraventions on a road in a civil enforcement area in England.\n(2) The prohibition may be—\n(a) general, or\n(b) limited to particular uses specified in the regulations.\n(3) The regulations may provide that a general or limited prohibition does not apply in circumstances specified in the regulations (which may be framed by reference to the type of contravention, the circumstances in which a contravention occurs or in any other way).\n(4) Regulations under this section may amend this Part or any provision made under it.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 87A inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 53(3), 115(2)(b); S.I. 2015/994, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/87A",
    "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."
}