{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-regulations-1982/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1163",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-england-and-wales-regulations-1982",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Road Traffic\nSpecial Roads\nMade 11th August 1982\nLaid before Parliament 24th August 1982\nComing into Operation 15th September 1982\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 13(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 and now vested in them , and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with the provisions of section 107(2) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (19.7.1993) by The Severn Bridge Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1595), regs. 1, 10, Sch. (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (5.6.1996) by The Severn Bridges Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1316), regs. 1, 10, Sch. (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (1.3.1998) by The Traffic Signs (Temporary Obstructions) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/3053), regs. 1, 18 (with reg. 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (25.9.2003) by The M6 Toll (Collection of Tolls) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2186), regs. 1, 9, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (27.7.2005) by The M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1671), regs. 1, 2, 3, Sch. (as amended (21.7.2009) by S.I. 2009/1568, regs. 1, 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (21.7.2009) by The M6 Motorway (Junctions 4 to 5) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1571), regs. 1, 2, 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (10.8.2010) by The M6 Motorway (Junctions 8 to 10A) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/284), regs. 1(3), 2, 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (3.5.2012) by The M1 Motorway (Junctions 10 to 13) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/985), regs. 1, 2, 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (20.8.2012) by The M62 Motorway (Junctions 25 to 30) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1865), regs. 1, 2, 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (15.6.2013) by The M6 Motorway (Junctions 5 to 8) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1201), regs. 1, 2, 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (4.11.2013) by The M25 Motorway (Junctions 5 to 7) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2397), regs. 1, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (4.11.2013) by The M25 Motorway (Junctions 23 to 27) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2396), regs. 1, 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 76."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As to the Secretary of State for Transport by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681, 1979/571, 1981/238."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1163/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:15:41.148500+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."
}