{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2002/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2002/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3113",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2002",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Bus lanes",
  "text": "(1) In the signs shown in the permitted variants of diagrams 877 and 878 in which the expression “bus lane” appears and in diagrams 962, 962.2, 963, 963.2, 964, 1048 and 1048.1, “bus lane” has the meaning given in paragraph (2).\n(2) “Bus lane” in the signs referred to in paragraph (1) means a traffic lane reserved for—\n(a) motor vehicles constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver);\n(b) local buses not so constructed or adapted; ...\n(c) pedal cycles and taxis where indicated on the sign shown in diagram 958, 958A, 959 or 959A and pedal cycles where indicated on the sign shown in diagram 960, 962.2, 963.2 or 1048.1 and\n(d) solo motor cycles where indicated on the sign shown in diagram 958A or 959A.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 revoked (22.4.2016) by The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 19 Pt. 1 (with regs. 4, 14, 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 23(2)(b) omitted (30.1.2012) by virtue of The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and General Directions 2011 (S.I. 2011/3041), regs. 1(1)(c), 11(a) (with regs. 35, 36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(2)(c) substituted (30.1.2012) by The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and General Directions 2011 (S.I. 2011/3041), regs. 1(1)(c), 11(b) (with regs. 35, 36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 23(2)(d) and word inserted (30.1.2012) by The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and General Directions 2011 (S.I. 2011/3041), regs. 1(1)(c), 11(c) (with regs. 35, 36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 23 in force at 31.1.2003, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3113/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:51.675498+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."
}