{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-half-marathon-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/938",
  "legislation_title": "The M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge Half Marathon) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-half-marathon-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 31st July 2018\nComing into force 25th August 2018\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, being the traffic authority for the M48 Motorway (“the M48”) and connecting roads, is satisfied that traffic on lengths of that motorway in South Gloucestershire, the County of Gloucestershire and the County of Monmouthshire should be prohibited for the purpose of facilitating the holding of a relevant event.\nThe Secretary of State for Transport is further satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the event to be held otherwise than on a road.\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16A(2)(a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, hereby makes the following Order:-",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c.27; Section 16A was inserted by the Road Traffic (Special Events) Act 1994 (c.11), section 1(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/938/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:35.182217+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."
}