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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991-commencement-no-1-order-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991-commencement-no-1-order-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2054",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991-commencement-no-1-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st October 1991 the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1991 listed in the Schedule.\nThe provisions being brought into force include those relating to—\n(1) the designation of priority routes in London;\n(2) the Secretary of State’s London traffic management guidance;\n(3) the appointment of the Traffic Director for London;\n(4) the Director’s network plan for the priority route network and the local plans for the priority routes;\n(5) proposed action by London authorities likely to affect priority routes;\n(6) the Secretary of State’s London parking guidance;\n(7) the appointment of London parking adjudicators;\n(8) the fixing of parking and other charges in London;\n(9) special parking areas in London;\n(10) parking attendants;\n(11) the Secretary of State’s power to extend by Order the immobilisation of vehicles by the police throughout London;\n(12) applications by English (outside London) and Welsh local authorities for the designation of permitted and special parking areas ; and\n(13) functions of traffic wardens.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2054/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:38:04.173636+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."
}