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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-roads-and-street-works-act-1991/schedule-8/paragraph-70",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/22",
  "legislation_title": "New Roads and Street Works Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-roads-and-street-works-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/70",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, at the beginning of Part X (general and supplementary provisions) insert—\n“ Traffic authorities.\n121A (1) The Secretary of State is the traffic authority—\n(a) for every highway in England and Wales for which he is the highway authority within the meaning of the Highways Act 1980, and\n(b) for every road in Scotland for which he is the roads authority within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.\n(2) In Greater London, the council of the London borough or the Common Council of the City of London are the traffic authority for all roads in the borough or, as the case may be, in the City for which the Secretary of State is not the traffic authority.\n(3) In England and Wales outside Greater London, the council of the county or metropolitan district are the traffic authority for all roads in the county or, as the case may be, the district for which the Secretary of State is not the traffic authority.\n(4) In Scotland, the regional or islands council are the traffic authority in relation to all roads within their area for which the Secretary of State is not the traffic authority.\n(5) In this Act “local traffic authority” means a traffic authority other than the Secretary of State.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 70 wholly in force; Sch. 8 para. 70 in force (S.) at 01.11.1991 see s. 170(1) and S.I. 1991/2286 art. 2(2), Sch. 2; Sch. 8 para. 70 in force (E.W.) at 01.11.1991 see s. 170(1) and S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch."
    }
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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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