{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-gateway-rail-freight-interchange-order-2019/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-gateway-rail-freight-interchange-order-2019/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1358",
  "legislation_title": "The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-gateway-rail-freight-interchange-order-2019",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Motor vehicle restrictions",
  "text": "(1) No person, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police officer or traffic officer in uniform, is to cause or permit any vehicle, the maximum gross weight of which exceeds 7.5 tonnes, to enter or proceed within the zone specified in column (2) of Part 3 of Schedule 9 (environmental weight limit) between the points specified in column (3) of Part 3 of that Schedule following the event specified in column (4) of Part 3 of that Schedule.\n(2) The restriction referred to in paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of—\n(a) anything done in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed by or on behalf of the police;\n(b) vehicles being used—\n(i) in the service of a local authority or water authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties;\n(ii) for police, ambulance, fire and rescue authority or traffic officer purposes;\n(iii) for the purpose of agriculture on any land adjacent to the restricted roads;\n(iv) for the purpose of gaining access to or leaving any land and/or premises situated in or adjacent to the restricted roads or any roads or lengths of roads accessible only therefrom;\n(v) in connection with the carrying out on land or any premises situated on or adjacent to the restricted roads of any building, industrial or demolition operation or the removal of any obstruction to traffic for the maintenance, improvement, reconstruction, cleansing or lighting of the road or any roads accessible only therefrom, or the laying, erection, alteration or repair of any sewer under the restricted roads or of any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water, or electricity or of any electronic communications apparatus thereunder or thereon, or for the placing, maintenance or removal of any traffic sign thereon; or\n(vi) for public transport.\n(3) No person, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police officer or traffic officer in uniform, is to cause or permit any vehicle to proceed in the manner specified in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 9 (prohibited movements) at the point specified in column (1) of Part 4 of Schedule 9.\n(4) Paragraphs (1) to (3) have effect as if made by a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act, and their application may be varied or revoked by such an order under that Act or by any other enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such orders.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 19 in force at 30.10.2019, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1358/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:33.123990+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."
}