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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchRoad Traffic Regulation Act 1984You are here:1984 c. 27Part XSection 142Table of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: ProvisionNext: ProvisionPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of Changes Opening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreChanges over time for: Section 142Alternative versions:01/02/1991 - Amendment25/02/1991 - Amendment01/11/1991 - Amendment05/07/1993 - Amendment01/04/1996 - Amendment27/09/1999 - Amendment03/07/2000 - Amendment02/05/2006 - AmendmentChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 142(1) words inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 99s. 142(1) words inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(18)s. 142(1) words omitted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 13Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act modified by S.S.I. 2010/96 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2012/137 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2012/140 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2013/311 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2013/67 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2013/93 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2014/169 art. 5 Sch. 3Act modified by S.S.I. 2014/84 art. 5 Sch. 3Act power to amend secondary legislation conferred by S.I. 2014/2269 art. 37(3)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 16A(12) inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 74(3)s. 17(3A)(a) words renumbered as s. 17(3A)(a) by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(5)(a)s. 17(3A)(b) and words inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(5)(b)s. 17(3A)(b) and word omitted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 4(b)s. 17(3ZA)-(3ZD) inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(4)s. 17(3ZD) omitted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 4(a)s. 64(2A)-(2C) inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(7)s. 64(2A)-(2C) omitted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(3)(c)s. 64(7) (8) inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(8)s. 64(7)(8) omitted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(3)(d)s. 65(3ZA)-(3ZC) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(8)s. 70(3) inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 84(3)s. 79(1A) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 41(16)s. 81(3)-(5) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 42(4)s. 85(3A) inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 89(3)s. 85(8)-(10) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 42(16)s. 86(7)-(9) inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(11)s. 86(9) words substituted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 8(3)s. 87(1)(aa) inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 50(2)(b)s. 87(1A) inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 50(3)s. 87(1A)(1B) inserted by 2015 c. 20 s. 50(4)(5)s. 88(7A) inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(16)s. 88(9)-(12) inserted by 2012 c. 11 s. 21(18)s. 99(2)(aa) inserted by 2012 c. 9 s. 55(3)(b)s. 117(1ZA) inserted by 2013 c. 4 s. 3(4)s. 117(1ZA) words repealed by 2014 asp 17 s. 4(2)s. 121A(1AB) inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 95(2)s. 131(8) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 11(6)s. 134(3A) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 12(4)s. 134(6)-(8) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 12(5)Sch. 5 para. 6 substituted by S.I. 2011/2085 Sch. 1 para. 17Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 4(1) Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 4 becomes Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 4(1) by S.I. 2015/1653 reg. 2(3)(a)Sch. 6 Pt. 4 para. 4(2) inserted by S.I. 2015/1653 reg. 2(3)(b)Sch. 9 para. 14(1) Sch. 9 para. 14 renumbered as Sch. 9 para. 14(1) by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 100(5)(a)Sch. 9 para. 13(1)(ba) inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 100(4)(a)Sch. 9 para. 13(4) inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 100(4)(c)Sch. 9 para. 14(2) inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 100(5)(c)Sch. 9 para. 14A inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 100(6)Sch. 9 para. 15A inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 15(6)Sch. 9 para. 17(3) inserted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 15(13)Sch. 9 para. 16(3) para. 16(3) substituted for word in para. 16(2) by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(e)Sch. 9 para. 12ZA substituted for para. 12A by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 14(11)Sch. 9 para. 14(1) words inserted by 2015 c. 7 Sch. 1 para. 100(5)(b)Sch. 9 para. 7(1)(b) words substituted by 2016 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 14(8)(a)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2004/3338 art. 3(c) commences (2002 c. 30)S.I. 2006/768 art. 3 commences (2005 c. 16)S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 commences (2011 c. 13)142 General interpretation of Act.E+W+S(1)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
[F1“credit card” and “debit card” have the meanings given by section 35A(6) of this Act;]
“disabled person’s badge” means any badge issued, or having effect as if issued, under any regulations for the time being in force under section 21 of the M1Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970;
[F2“GLA road” (subject to subsection (4) below) has the same meaning as in the M2Highways Act 1980 (see sections 329(1) and 14D(1) of that Act);]
[F2“GLA side road” shall be construed in accordance with section 124A(9) of this Act;]
“magistrates’ court” [F4has the same meaning] as in the M3Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;
[F5 “off-street parking accommodation” means parking accommodation for motor vehicles off the highway or, in Scotland, off the road;]
“parking device” has the meaning assigned to it by [F6section 35(3B) or, as the case may be,] section 51(4) of this Act;
[F7“public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]
“public service vehicle” [F8has the same meaning] as in the M4Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;
[[F9“restricted byway” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000;]
F10 “road”—
[F11 “special road”, in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980, and in Scotland has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]
[F12“traffic authority” and “local traffic authority” have the meaning given by section 121A of this Act;]
[F2“trunk road” has the same meaning as in the M5Highways Act 1980 (see section 329(1) of that Act)]
[F13(1A)In this Act—
[F14(4)Any reference in this Act to a GLA road includes a reference to a GLA side road.]
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All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Definition inserted by Parking Act 1989 (c. 16, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. para. 8(a)F2S. 142(1): definitions of “GLA road", “GLA sideroad" and “trunk road" in s. 142(1) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 292(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2, Sch.F3S. 142(1): definition of "highway authority", "local highway authority", "local roads authority" and "roads authority" omitted (1.11.1991) by virtue of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para. 78(2); which is in force for Scotland only by S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and for England and Wales only by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.F4Words in the definition of “magistrates' court" in s. 142(1) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 76(2), 108(3)(c), Sch. 10 para. 38 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2))F5S. 142(1): definition of "off-street parking accommodation" inserted (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para. 78(3); which insertion is in force for Scotland only by S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and for England and Wales only by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.F6Words inserted by Parking Act 1989 (c. 16, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. para. 8(b)F7Definition inserted (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 128(1), Sch. 9 para. 93(44)(c)F8Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)F9S. 142: definition of "restricted byway" inserted (2.5.2006 for E., 11.5.2006 for W.) by The Restricted Byways (Application and Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1177), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2006/1172; S.I. 2006/1279F10S. 142(1): definition of "road" substituted (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para. 78(4); which substitution is in force for Scotland only by S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and for England and Wales only by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.F11S. 142(1): definition of "special road" substituted (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para. 78(5); which substitution is in force for Scotland only by S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and for England and Wales only by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.F12S. 142(1): definition of "traffic authority" and "local traffic authority" inserted (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para. 78(6); which insertion is in force for Scotland only by S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and for England and Wales only by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.F13S. 142(1A) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(1), Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 38(10) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 22(3)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1F14S. 142(4) added (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 292(4) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2, Sch.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 142 applied (2.5.2006 for E., 11.5.2006 for W.) by The Restricted Byways (Application and Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1177), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2006/1172; S.I. 2006/1279C2S. 142(1) definition of "disabled person's badge" applied (5.7.1993) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 70(3); S.I. 1993/1461, art. 2(d)Marginal CitationsM11970 c. 44(81:3).M21980 c. 66. M31980 c. 43(82).M41981 c. 14(107:1).M51980 c. 66. 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