{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merseytram-liverpool-city-centre-to-kirkby-order-2005/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merseytram-liverpool-city-centre-to-kirkby-order-2005/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/120",
  "legislation_title": "The Merseytram (Liverpool City Centre to Kirkby) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merseytram-liverpool-city-centre-to-kirkby-order-2005",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Power to construct temporary street tramways",
  "text": "(1) Merseytravel may, if it considers it necessary or expedient in consequence of any works executed or proposed to be executed in a street along which an authorised street tramway is constructed—\n(a) remove or discontinue the operation of the authorised street tramway; and\n(b) lay, maintain and operate in that street or in a street near to that street a temporary street tramway in lieu of the authorised street tramway.\n(2) The powers conferred by this article may only be exercised with the consent of the street authority but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n(3) The provisions of articles 8(2), 9, 10 and 46 shall apply in relation to temporary street tramways laid under this article as they apply in relation to the authorised street tramways.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/120/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:21.712657+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."
}