{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-temporary-obstructions-regulations-1997/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-temporary-obstructions-regulations-1997/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3053",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs (Temporary Obstructions) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-temporary-obstructions-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Traffic triangle",
  "text": "A traffic triangle shall consist of a device which is—\n(a) of the size, colour and type specified in either of the diagrams in Schedule 3; and\n(b) legibly and permanently marked—\n(i) in the case of a triangle of the size, colour and type specified in the first diagram in Schedule 3, with the specification number of the British Standard for an Advance Warning Triangle to indicate a temporary obstruction, namely BS:AU47:1965 as amended by amendment No. 1 of 6th May 1966, or the specification number of an equivalent standard which has been approved by a recognised standardising body in an EEA State; or\n(ii) in the case of a triangle of the size, colour and type specified in the second diagram in Schedule 3, with the marking designated as an approval mark by regulation 4 of the Motor Vehicles (Designation of Approval Marks) Regulations 1979 and shown in item 27 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/1088, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3053/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:39:57.326599+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."
}