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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-13/part-9/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/13/part/9/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The sign may incorporate—\n(a) letters;\n(b) numerals;\n(c) other characters;\n(d) borders (either on the outside edge of the sign or as part of the division of the sign into panels);\n(e) chevrons;\n(f) any symbol that by virtue of a provision elsewhere in these Regulations may be included in a sign; and\n(g) the arms, badge or other device of—\n(i) a traffic authority;\n(ii) a police force;\n(iii) the National Crime Agency; or\n(iv) an organisation representative of road users.\n(2) The arms, badge or other device referred to in sub-paragraph (g) may be of any colour and design and consequently its components need not comply with requirements elsewhere in this Part as to size, colour or type that would otherwise be applicable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 13 Pt. 9 para. 5 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/13/part/9/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."
}