{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-16/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-16/paragraph-5.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/16/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "One of the following legends may be used on a variable message sign in conjunction (either on its own or in combination with a legend provided for in Part 5) with a legend provided for in Part 3—\n(a) a route number;\n(b) “ON [name of bridge] BRIDGE” or “ON BRIDGE”;\n(c) “AT” together with—\n(i) a place name,\n(ii) the name of a bridge or tunnel,\n(iii) a junction name or number or a junction number and “EXIT”, or\n(iv) “NEXT JCT” or “TOLL”;\n(d) “AFTER” together with—\n(i) a place name,\n(ii) the name of a bridge or tunnel,\n(iii) “BRIDGE” or “TUNNEL”,\n(iv) a junction name or number, or\n(v) “NEXT JCT”;\n(e) a number and “MILES”;\n(f) “AHEAD” preceded by a legend specified in paragraph 3(2)(v) or (w) only;\n(g) “FOR” together with a number and “MILES”;\n(h) “IN ROAD”;\n(i) a junction number;\n(j) a junction number “TO” and another junction number;\n(k) “ON SLIP ROAD”;\n(l) “TO” and a route number.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5 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/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."
}