{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m9a9-trunk-road-newbridge-to-winchburgh-variable-speed-limits-and-actively-managed-hard-shoulder-regulations-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m9a9-trunk-road-newbridge-to-winchburgh-variable-speed-limits-and-actively-managed-hard-shoulder-regulations-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/344",
  "legislation_title": "The M9/A9 Trunk Road (Newbridge to Winchburgh) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m9a9-trunk-road-newbridge-to-winchburgh-variable-speed-limits-and-actively-managed-hard-shoulder-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nMade 12th December 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 14th December 2012\nComing into force 1st February 2013\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers 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 17(3A) 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, by the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10), schedule 5, paragraph 11 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 17(3A) was amended by the Scotland Act 2012, section 21(5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/344/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:41:47.228081+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."
}