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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-temporary-obstructions-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-temporary-obstructions-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/121",
  "legislation_title": "Traffic Signs (Temporary Obstructions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1997 Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;\n“EEA State” means a State which is a contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;\n“flat traffic delineator” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 8;\n“keep right sign” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 7;\n“reflectorised” means illuminated with retroreflecting material, that is to say material which reflects a ray of light back towards the source of that light;\n“road vehicle sign” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 9;\n“traffic cone” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 10;\n“traffic pyramid” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 11;\n“traffic triangle” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 12; and\n“warning lamp” means a traffic sign of the type prescribed by regulation 13.\n(2) The dimensions indicated in the diagrams in the Schedules are all expressed in millimetres.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 386"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cmnd 2073"
    },
    {
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      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Cmnd 2183"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/121/regulation/2",
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  "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."
}