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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-traffic-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/201",
  "legislation_title": "Control of Traffic (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-traffic-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Control of Traffic (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 19th May 1997.\n(2) In this Order, “central reservation” means the raised islands between the carriageways of East Bridge Street, Belfast, which separate the carriageway which is to be used by traffic moving in one direction from the carriageway which is to be used by traffic moving in the other direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/201/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:29:09.987061+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."
}