{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-trunk-roads-no-2-order-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-trunk-roads-no-2-order-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1814",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (No. 2) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-trunk-roads-no-2-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:\n“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980;\n“trunk road” has the meaning given in section 329(1) of the 1980 Act;\n“trunk road connected land” means any land which does not form part of a trunk road but which has been acquired by the Secretary of State for Transport or the Secretary of State for Wales in connection with a trunk road under section 239(2) or (4) or section 246 of the 1980 Act;\n“unitary district” means a district (other than a metropolitan district) where the district council is the sole principal council for that local government area;\n“unitary district council” means a district council (other than a metropolitan district council) which is the sole principal council for its local government area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1814/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:39:10.636177+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."
}