{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-half-marathon-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/917",
  "legislation_title": "The M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge Half Marathon) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-half-marathon-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 18th August 2023\nComing into force 25th August 2023\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, being the traffic authority for relevant lengths of the M48 Motorway 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 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 Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994 (c. 11), section 1(1). There are further amendments to the section that are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/917/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:41:25.689728+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."
}