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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-14/part-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-14/part-1/paragraph-4.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/14/part/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Traffic light signals",
  "text": "(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to the red, amber and green light signals shown in the diagram in column 3 of the Part 2 sign table at each of items 1 to 4 (types of traffic light signals), including, for items 1 and 3, when, as described in paragraph 2(6), the green signal is a green arrow.\n(2) The order of illumination for the light signals must be as follows—\n(a) red;\n(b) red and amber together;\n(c) green;\n(d) amber.\n(3) The duration of the period when the red and amber light signals are illuminated together must be 2 seconds.\n(4) The duration of the period when the amber light signal is illuminated on its own must be 3 seconds.\n(5) The requirement in sub-paragraph (3) or (4) is to be treated as having been met if the duration is 0.25 seconds more, or less, than that specified.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 Pt. 1 para. 4 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/14/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."
}