{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-16/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/16/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A legend provided for in sub-paragraph (2) may be displayed on a variable message sign in conjunction with—\n(a) a legend provided for in Part 4;\n(b) a legend provided for in Part 5; or\n(c) a combination of a legend provided for in Part 4 and a legend provided for in Part 5.\n(2) The legends are—\n(a) “ACCIDENT”;\n(b) “ANIMALS”;\n(c) a route number, a junction number or “EXIT” and “CLOSED”;\n(d) “CONGESTION”;\n(e) “DEBRIS”;\n(f) “DELAYS”;\n(g) “DIVERSION”;\n(h) “EXIT CLOSED”;\n(i) “FLOODS”;\n(j) “FOG”;\n(k) “FOG PATCHES”;\n(l) “INCIDENT”;\n(m) “LANE CLOSURE”;\n(n) “LANE[S]” followed by a number or numbers and “CLOSED”;\n(o) “LARGE LOAD”;\n(p) “LONG DELAYS”;\n(q) “MOBILE WORKS”;\n(r) “MOTORWAY CLOSED”;\n(s) “NO PHONES”;\n(t) “OBSTRUCTION”;\n(u) “PEDESTRIANS”;\n(v) “QUEUE”;\n(w) “ROAD CLOSED”;\n(x) “ROAD WORKS”;\n(y) “SKID RISK”;\n(z) “SLIP ROAD CLOSED”;\n(aa) “SMOKE”;\n(bb) “SNOW”;\n(cc) “SNOW PLOUGH”;\n(dd) “SPRAY”;\n(ee) “STRANDED VEHICLE”;\n(ff) “[STRONG] WINDS”;\n(gg) “[The name of a tunnel] TUNNEL CLOSED”;\n(hh) “WEIGHT CHECK”;\n(ii) “WORKFORCE”.\n(3) The following legends may be displayed on their own or in conjunction with another legend as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) “[The name of a bridge] BRIDGE CLOSED”;\n(b) “BUS LANE CLOSED”;\n(c) “GRITTING IN PROGRESS”;\n(d) “NEXT SERVICE AREA CLOSED”;\n(e) “ONCOMING VEHICLE”;\n(f) “SETTING OUT ROAD WORKS”;\n(g) “SLOW MOVING LARGE LOAD”.\n(4) In sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) square brackets are used to indicate the part of a legend which may be omitted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 4 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/16/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."
}