{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m8m73m74-motorways-30mph-40mph-and-50mph-speed-limit-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2022/26",
  "legislation_title": "The M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m8m73m74-motorways-30mph-40mph-and-50mph-speed-limit-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 26th January 2022\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 28th January 2022\nComing into force 24th March 2022\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 17(2), (3) and (3ZA) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 134(8) of that Act, they have consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27. Section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), schedule 8, paragraph 28, by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), schedule 4, paragraph 25 and schedule 8, paragraph 1, and by the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), section 21(3). Section 17(3ZA) was inserted by the Scotland Act 2012, section 21(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 134(8) was inserted by the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 12(5)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/26/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:51:43.181044+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."
}