{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/westlink-busways-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/westlink-busways-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/328",
  "legislation_title": "The Westlink (Busways) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/westlink-busways-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Westlink (Busways) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 24th October 2008.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“busway” means a length of special road specified in the Schedule;\n“bus” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver);\n“lay-by” means a surfaced area adjacent to the carriageway intended for the waiting of vehicles; and\n“medical practitioner” means a registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 24.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the designation of these roads as special roads see Article 6(2) of, and Part IV of the Schedule to, the M1-M2 Link (Belast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 149)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c. 54"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/328/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:16.177129+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."
}