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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-12/part-1/paragraph-4",
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  "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": "schedule/12/part/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An appropriate background may differ from diagram A or B in that—\n(a) a diagram A sign background may be divided into separate panels;\n(b) a diagram B sign background may be reversed to point to the left; and\n(c) the background at item 8 or 9 of the sign table in Part 2 (signs for cyclists and pedestrians respectively) may be varied in accordance with column 4 at that item.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 Pt. 1 para. 4 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/12/part/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}