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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a720-edinburgh-city-bypass-and-m8-hermiston-junction-speed-limit-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/62",
  "legislation_title": "The A720 Edinburgh City Bypass and M8 (Hermiston Junction) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a720-edinburgh-city-bypass-and-m8-hermiston-junction-speed-limit-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 23rd February 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 27th February 2012\nComing into force 31st March 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 134(2) of that Act they have consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c.27. Section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), Schedule 8, paragraph 28, by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 25 and Schedule 8, paragraph 1 and by the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10), schedule 5, paragraph 11. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by S.I. 1999/1750."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 134(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Schedule 8, paragraph 77."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/62/introduction",
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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."
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