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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m3-motorway-junctions-2-to-4a-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m3-motorway-junctions-2-to-4a-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/241",
  "legislation_title": "The M3 Motorway (Junctions 2 to 4a) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m3-motorway-junctions-2-to-4a-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1982 Regulations” means the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982;\n“the 2002 Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002; and\n“carriageway”, “hard shoulder”, “motorway” and “verge” have the same meaning as in the 1982 Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 8.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/1163, as amended by S.I. 1984/1479, 1992/1364 and 2004/3258. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S. I. 2002/3113; as amended by S. I. 2005/1670. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/241/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:40.583510+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."
}