{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a127-trunk-road-m25-to-rayleigh-section-and-slip-roads-detrunking-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a127-trunk-road-m25-to-rayleigh-section-and-slip-roads-detrunking-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/763",
  "legislation_title": "The A127 Trunk Road (M25 To Rayleigh Section and Slip Roads) (Detrunking) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a127-trunk-road-m25-to-rayleigh-section-and-slip-roads-detrunking-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n(i) “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;\n(ii) “the trunk road” means the A127 Trunk Road; and\n(iii) “the slip roads” means the slip roads described in the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/763/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:22.070363+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."
}