{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/part-1/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/part-1/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/362",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016",
  "path": "part/1/regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n(a) “the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Schedule 1 contains other definitions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2(1)(b) and word omitted (E.W.) (13.12.2017) by virtue of The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations and General Directions 2017 (S.I. 2017/1086), regs. 1(2), 3; and corresponding amendment (S.) (28.6.2018) by The Traffic Signs Amendment (Scotland) Regulations and General Directions 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/161), regs. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/part/1/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:34.516500+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."
}