{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-junctions-3-to-12-smart-motorway-development-consent-order-2016/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-junctions-3-to-12-smart-motorway-development-consent-order-2016/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/863",
  "legislation_title": "The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-junctions-3-to-12-smart-motorway-development-consent-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order authorises the undertaker to make alterations to and to improve a carriageway between Junctions 3 to 12 of the M4 and carry out all associated works.\nThe Order permits the undertaker to acquire, compulsorily or by agreement, land and rights in land and to use land for this purpose.\nThe Order also makes provision in connection with the maintenance of the authorised development.\nA copy of the plans, engineering drawings and sections and the book of reference and environmental statement mentioned in this Order and certified in accordance with article 40 of this Order (certification of plans, etc.) may be inspected free of charge during working hours at Highways England, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN\nHighways England’s Manual of Contract Documents and Design Manual for Roads and Bridges are available at www.gov.uk/guidance/standards-for-highways-online-resources.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/863/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:37.652692+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."
}