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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-of-vehicles-on-bridges-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/211",
  "legislation_title": "Restriction of Vehicles on Bridges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/restriction-of-vehicles-on-bridges-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThese regulations revoke and replace the Restriction of Vehicles on Bridges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.\nThe regulations prescribe –\n(a) the notices to be placed by the Department for the purposes of Article 66(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 where it is satisfied that a bridge is insufficient to bear vehicles of which the weight exceeds certain limits; and\n(b) maximum gross weight as the description of weight for the purposes of Article 66(11).\nThese Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive 98/34/EC of 22nd June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (O.J. No. L204, 21.07.98, p. 37-48) as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of 20th July 1998 (O.J. No. L217, 05.08.98, p. 18-26). Copies of the Directives can be obtained from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/211/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:41.264952+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."
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