{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m3-and-m25-thorpe-interchange-speed-limit-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m3-and-m25-thorpe-interchange-speed-limit-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1421",
  "legislation_title": "The M3 and M25 (Thorpe Interchange) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m3-and-m25-thorpe-interchange-speed-limit-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“a link road” means—\n(i) the road leading from the clockwise carriageway at Junction 12 of the M25 Motorway at a point 1290 metres north of the Almners Road Overbridge to the westbound carriageway of the M3 Motorway at Junction 2; or\n(ii) the road leading from the anti-clockwise carriageway at Junction 12 of the M25 Motorway at a point 1380 metres south of the Muckhatch Lane Overbridge to the westbound carriageway of the M3 Motorway at Junction 2;\n“the M3 Motorway” means the M3 London to Southampton Motorway at Thorpe Interchange in the County of Surrey;\n“the M25 Motorway” means the M25 London Orbital Motorway at Thorpe Interchange in the County of Surrey; and\n“the westbound carriageway” means the westbound carriageway of the M3 Motorway between a point 840 metres east of Lyne Lane Overbridge and a point 1875 metres west of Lyne Lane Overbridge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/259",
      "affecting_title": "The M3 Motorway (Junctions 2 to 4a) and the M25 Motorway (Junction 12) (Speed Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/241",
      "affecting_title": "The M3 Motorway (Junctions 2 to 4a) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/259",
      "affecting_title": "The M3 Motorway (Junctions 2 to 4a) and the M25 Motorway (Junction 12) (Speed Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1421/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:11:09.545718+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."
}