{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-variation-of-speed-limits-regulations-1986/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-variation-of-speed-limits-regulations-1986/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1175",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-variation-of-speed-limits-regulations-1986",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations amend Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 with the result that:—\n(a) the speed limit for passenger vehicles, motor caravans, car-derived vans or dual purpose vehicles which are drawing one trailer is increased from 50 to 60 miles per hour on a motorway or a dual carriageway;\n(b) the speed limit for certain light goods vehicles is increased from 50 to 60 miles per hour on a dual carriageway;\n(c) a speed limit of 40 miles per hour is introduced for agricultural motor vehicles on all roads.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1175/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:45:11.706356+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."
}