{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recovery-vehicles-prescribed-purposes-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recovery-vehicles-prescribed-purposes-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2120",
  "legislation_title": "The Recovery Vehicles (Prescribed Purposes) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recovery-vehicles-prescribed-purposes-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 8th December 1987\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1987\nComing into force 1st January 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 8(3)(c) of Part I of Schedule 3 to the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971, and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 10; paragraph 8 was added to Part I of Schedule 3 by the Finance Act 1987 (c. 16), Schedule 1, Part II, paragraph 2."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2120/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."
}