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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m6-motorway-junctions-21a-to-26-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/841",
  "legislation_title": "The M6 Motorway (Junctions 21a to 26) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m6-motorway-junctions-21a-to-26-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic, England\nSpecial Roads, England\nMade at 12.50 p.m. on 30th July 2024\nLaid before Parliament at 3.00 p.m. on 30th July 2024\nComing into force 21st August 2024\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2), (3) and (3ZB) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27. Section 17(2) was amended by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 8 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), paragraph 25 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and section 21(3) of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11). Section 17(3ZB) was inserted by section 21(4) of the Scotland Act 2012. For the meaning of “use” in section 17(2), see section 17(6). For the meaning of “special road” in section 17(2), see section 142(1) (as amended by paragraph 78(5) of Schedule 8 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991), which provides that “special road” in England and Wales has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66). “Special road” is defined in section 329(1) of that Act, as amended by paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 2 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 134(2) was amended by paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 2 to the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/841/introduction",
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  "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."
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