{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/part-1/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/part-1/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Expressions of time and distance and for parking restrictions",
  "text": "(1) A reference in these Regulations to the inclusion on a sign of a “time period” means the inclusion of a period of time that complies with the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 18.\n(2) More than one period of time may be included in a sign if appropriate for conveying the meaning of the sign.\n(3) A reference in these Regulations to the inclusion on a sign of a “permitted parking expression” means the inclusion of an expression that complies with the requirements of Part 2 of Schedule 18.\n(4) An expression of distance on a sign must be in imperial units and comply with the requirements of Part 3 of Schedule 18.\n(5) The provisions of this regulation do not apply where more specific provision in relation to a particular sign is made elsewhere in these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/part/1/regulation/6",
    "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."
}