{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m57-motorway-junction-7-switch-island-speed-limits-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m57-motorway-junction-7-switch-island-speed-limits-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1631",
  "legislation_title": "The M57 Motorway Junction 7 (Switch Island) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m57-motorway-junction-7-switch-island-speed-limits-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“M57 Motorway” means the M57 Motorway junction 7 at Switch Island in the District of Sefton, in Merseyside;\n“motorway” and “carriageway” have the same meanings as in the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982;\n“the slip road” means the exit slip road from the westbound carriageway to the A59 at Switch Island, from a point 42 metres east of where the A59 meets the slip road to the point where those roads meet;\n“Switch Island” means the circulatory system which forms the junction at the western end of the M57 Motorway, where that motorway joins the A59 and the A5036; and\n“the westbound carriageway” means the westbound carriageway of the M57 Motorway, from a point 538 metres east of where the A59 at Switch Island meets the slip road to a point 42 metres east of where those roads meet.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/1163, as amended by S.I. 1984/1479, 1992/1364 and 2004/3258. There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1631/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:57.916674+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."
}