{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-speed-temporary-restriction-of-traffic-order-2022/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-speed-temporary-restriction-of-traffic-order-2022/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/700",
  "legislation_title": "The M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge Speed) (Temporary Restriction of Traffic) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-speed-temporary-restriction-of-traffic-order-2022",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the M48” means (1) the westbound carriageway of the M48 Motorway from a point 239 metres west of the tip of the nosing of the westbound entry slip road at Junction 1 (Aust) to a point 47 metres west of the mechanical joint at the western end of the M48 Severn Bridge; and, (2) the eastbound carriageway of the M48 Motorway from a point 47 metres west of the mechanical joint at the western end of the M48 Severn Bridge to a point 239 metres west of the tip of the nosing of the westbound entry slip road at Junction 1 (Aust).\n“the works period” means the period starting at 00.01 hours on Monday 27th June 2022 and ending when the said works have been completed;\n“the tip of the nosing” means the first point where an entry slip road joins the carriageway of a motorway or the last point where an exit slip road leaves the carriageway of a motorway;\nand a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article in this Order which bears that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/700/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:31.044759+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."
}