{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-amendment-regulations-and-general-directions-2011/part-2/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-amendment-regulations-and-general-directions-2011/part-2/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1040",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations and General Directions 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-amendment-regulations-and-general-directions-2011",
  "path": "part/2/regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "New direction 53A",
  "text": "After direction 53, insert—\n“Placing of portable signal-controlled pedestrian facilities\n53A. (1) A traffic authority may, pursuant to section 65(1) of the 1984 Act, cause or permit the placing of a portable signal-controlled pedestrian facility if and only if—\n(a) permission is given in writing; and\n(b) the written permission of the authority includes express approval to the placing of the facility at a particular site.\n(2) Nothing in this direction is to be taken to limit or affect the powers of a constable or the chief officer of police under section 67(1) of the 1984 Act (placing of temporary traffic signs on roads in extraordinary circumstances).”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 revoked (22.4.2016) by The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), dir. 1(1)(b), Sch. 19 Pt. 2 (with dirs. 13, 14 )"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1040/part/2/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:50.299201+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."
}