{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2017/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2017/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/854",
  "legislation_title": "The M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m48-motorway-severn-bridge-temporary-prohibition-of-traffic-order-2017",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order –\n“the M48” means (i) the westbound carriageway of the M48 over the Severn Bridge from the tip of the nosing of the westbound exit slip road at Junction 1 to the tip of the nosing of the westbound entry slip road at Junction 2; and (ii) the eastbound carriageway of the M48 over the Severn Bridge from the tip of the nosing of the eastbound exit slip road at Junction 2 to the tip of the nosing of the eastbound entry slip road at Junction 1;\n“the slip roads” mean (i) the eastbound entry slip road at M48 Junction 2; and (ii) the westbound entry slip road at M48 Junction 1;\n“the footpath / cycle track” mean the footpath / cycle track adjacent to the M48 eastbound between Junctions 2 and 1;\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;\n“authorised traffic” means traffic classes, as specified in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980: (a) Class VII – pedal cycles; (b) Class IX – pedestrians, perambulators, push-chairs and other forms of baby carriages and dogs held on a lead; (c) Class X – motor cycles where the engine cylinder size is less than 50 cubic centimetres; and (d) Class XI – invalid carriages;\n“event” means the Severn Bridge Half Marathon;\n“a first event period” means a period of 4 hours starting at 07:30 hours on Sunday 27th August 2017;\n“a second event period” means a period of 6 hours starting at 09:00 hours on Sunday 27th August 2017;\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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/854/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:39.295117+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."
}