{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-amendment-order-1987/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-amendment-order-1987/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1327",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-amendment-order-1987",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In article 21:\n(a) there shall be substituted for paragraph (1) the following:\n“(1) A vehicle or combination of vehicles the use of which on roads is authorised by article 18, if of Category 2 or Category 3 as defined in that article, or by article 20, as indicated by an item in column 2 of the Table below, shall not travel at a speed exceeding that specified in column 3 for that item in relation to the type of road used:\nTable\n1\n2\n3\nItem\nAuthorisation\nSpeed (mph)\nMotorway\nDual Carriageway\nOther road\n1\nArticle 18 Category 2\n40\n35\n30\n2\nArticle 18 Category 3\n30\n25\n20\n3\nArticle 20\n30\n25\n20\n”\n(b) paragraph (3) shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1327/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:22:55.744509+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."
}