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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3258",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 9th December 2004\nLaid before Parliament 10th December 2004\nComing into force 1st January 2005\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, 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 makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27. Section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), schedule 8, paragraph 28 and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 25. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 17(2) and (3), except with respect to special roads generally, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3258/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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