{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-13/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-13/paragraph-16.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": "schedule/13/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the sign may remain in place for a period of six months beginning with the day the sign is placed.\n(2) The period may be extended with the approval of—\n(a) the Secretary of State in relation to a road in England;\n(b) Scottish Ministers in relation to a road in Scotland; or\n(c) Welsh Ministers in relation to a road in Wales.\n(3) In the case of a sign conveying a change in route number, the period is two years, not six months.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a sign—\n(a) placed only in connection with the execution of works on or near a road, or a temporary obstruction;\n(b) conveying information about check points at which goods vehicles or public service vehicles may be required to stop; or\n(c) indicating diversions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 13 para. 16 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/schedule/13/paragraph/16",
    "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."
}