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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3053",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 4th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1996\nComing into force 1st January 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport (as respects England) and the Secretary of State for Wales (as respects Wales), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and after consulting with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations —",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27. Section 17(2) was amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 8 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) and by paragraph 25 of Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3053/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."
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