{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/westlink-busways-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/westlink-busways-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Exceptions",
  "text": "Nothing in regulations 3, 4 or 5 shall prohibit a person from using a busway in contravention of those regulations where:—\n(a) he does so in the exercise of his duty as a constable or as a member of the military, fire brigade or ambulance service or in an emergency by a medical practitioner;\n(b) he does so in accordance with the permission of a constable for the purpose of investigating any accident which has occurred on the busway;\n(c) it is necessary for him to do so for the removal of a vehicle from the busway;\n(d) it is necessary for him to do so to carry out in an efficient manner—\n(i) the inspection, maintenance, repair, cleaning, clearance, alteration or improvement of the busway; or\n(ii) the erection, laying, placing, testing, of works or apparatus in, on, under or over the busway; or\n(e) he does so in accordance with any direction or permission given by a traffic sign.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in operation at 24.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/328/regulation/7",
    "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."
}