{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-speed-limit-regulations-1974-uksi-1974-502/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/502",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic (Speed Limit) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-speed-limit-regulations-1974-uksi-1974-502",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a motorway at a speed exceeding 70 miles per hour:\nProvided that this Regulation shall not apply to the driving of a motor vehicle—\n(a) on any of the lengths of motorway referred to in Regulation 4 or 5 below; or\n(b) on any other length of motorway on which there is for the time being a restriction imposed under section 13 of the said Act of 1967 on the driving of a motor vehicle in excess of a maximum speed which is less than 70 miles per hour.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/502/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:45:24.794339+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."
}