{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-12/part-19/paragraph-5",
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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/19/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purpose of this Part and Part 20 an appropriate background is—\n(a) that shown by either diagram A or diagram B at item 1 of the sign table in Part 2 where the sign is placed on an exit slip road or indicates the termination of a motorway;\n(b) that shown by either diagram A or diagram B at item 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the sign table in Part 2;\n(c) that shown by the diagram at item 2, 3 or 4 of the sign table in Part 9;\n(d) that shown by the diagram at item 3, 5 or 6 of the sign table in Part 28.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 Pt. 19 para. 5 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/12/part/19/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}