{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-motorway-m25-junction-2-improvement-m25-to-a282-section-and-connecting-road-scheme-2004/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-motorway-m25-junction-2-improvement-m25-to-a282-section-and-connecting-road-scheme-2004/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2562",
  "legislation_title": "The M25 Motorway (M25 Junction 2 Improvement) (M25 to A282 Section and Connecting Road) Scheme 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m25-motorway-m25-junction-2-improvement-m25-to-a282-section-and-connecting-road-scheme-2004",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Scheme—\n(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant carriageway;\n(2) (i) “the motorway” means the M25 Motorway;\n(ii) “the A2 Trunk Road” means the London—Dover Trunk Road (A2);\n(iii) “the A282 Trunk Road” means the Dartford Tunnel Southern Approach Road (A282);\n(iv) “the special roads” means all the special roads which the Secretary of State is authorised by this Scheme to provide;\n(v) “carriageway” means a way constituting or comprised in a highway being a way over which the public have a right of way for the passage of vehicles;\n(vi) “connecting road” means a special road connecting the motorway with other highways; and\n(vii) “the plan” means one of the site plans numbered 1 to 2 contained in the plan folio numbered HA 16/OD/31, marked “The M25 Motorway (M25 Junction 2 Improvement) (M25 to A282 Section and Connecting Road) Scheme 2004”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at ODPM-DfT, Records Management Branch, Floor 13, (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TB37 7GA.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2562/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:17:55.984529+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."
}