{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-amendment-regulations-and-general-directions-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-amendment-regulations-and-general-directions-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1670",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations and General Directions 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-amendment-regulations-and-general-directions-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of the Principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 4—\n(a) after the definition of “goods vehicle” there shall be inserted—\n““hard shoulder”, in relation to a motorway in England or Wales, has the meaning given by regulation 3(1)(e) of the Motorways (England and Wales) Regulations and, in relation to a motorway in Scotland, regulation 2(1) of the Motorways (Scotland) Regulations and “actively managed hard shoulder” means a hard shoulder along which, by virtue of regulations under section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, vehicular traffic may be driven at times for the time being indicated by traffic signs in accordance with those regulations;”; and\n(b) after the definition of “motorway” there shall be inserted—\n““Motorways (England and Wales) Regulations” means the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 and “Motorways (Scotland) Regulations” means the Motorways Traffic (Scotland) Regulations 1995;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 17(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) Schedule 8, paragraph 28(3) and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) Schedule 4, paragraph 25 and Schedule 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/1163, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2507, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1670/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:57:17.853827+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."
}