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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/256",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-driving-licences-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 7th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 7th February 1997\nComing into force 28th February 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 97(3A), 105(1) and 108(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Subsection (3A) was inserted by section 6(2) of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) and amended by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/256/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}