{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m6-motorway-widening-and-improvements-between-junctions-30-and-32-and-connecting-roads-scheme-1991/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m6-motorway-widening-and-improvements-between-junctions-30-and-32-and-connecting-roads-scheme-1991/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1873",
  "legislation_title": "The M6 Motorway (Widening and Improvements Between Junctions 30 and 32) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m6-motorway-widening-and-improvements-between-junctions-30-and-32-and-connecting-roads-scheme-1991",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Scheme–\n(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;\n(2) (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan folio numbered HA16/1 CNW 308 marked “The M6 Motorway (Widening and Improvements Between Junctions 30 and 32) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1991”, containing 1 key plan and 3 scheme plans bound together and numbered 1, 2 and 3 signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;\n(ii) “the special roads”means all the special roads which the Secretary of State is authorised by this scheme to provide;\n(iii) “the M6 Motorway”means the existing M6 Motorway (Preston Bypass Section, Junctions 30 to 32);\n(iv) “the M61 Motorway”means the M61 Manchester–Preston Motorway at Blacow, Junction 30;\n(v) “the A59 Trunk Road” means the Liverpool–Preston–Leeds Trunk Road A59 Preston New Road and A59 Brockholes Brow at Samlesbury, Junction 31.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1873/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:39:23.184798+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."
}