{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2019/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations amend The Motorways Traffic Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 by substituting new Schedules for Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 and adding lengths of bus lanes on the hard shoulders of the M1 Motorway and the M2 Motorway and a length of the carriageway of the off-slip from the M2 Motorway to Duncrue Street. The Regulations also amend the hours of operation of the bus lanes specified in Schedule 1 so that they now operate during the hours between 7.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. on the days Monday to Friday inclusive and the bus lane specified in Schedule 2 will operate at any time.\nAny person who acts in contravention of the Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (£2500). Traffic signs indicating the effect of the Regulations will in due course be placed on the roads.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/19/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:47:46.350821+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."
}