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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991-special-parking-areas-england-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/859",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Special Parking Areas) (England) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1991-special-parking-areas-england-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 25th March 2003\nLaid before Parliament 26th March 2003\nComing into force 16th April 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(4) of, and by paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to, the Road Traffic Act 1991, and after consultation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and the Commissioner of Police for the City of London and with appropriate associations of London authorities in accordance with section 76(5) of that Act, and after consultation with appropriate representatives of chief officers of police and appropriate associations of local authorities in accordance with paragraph 2(6) of that Schedule, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The powers exercisable under paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales with respect to Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), and to the Scottish Ministers with respect to Scotland by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The powers exercisable under section 76(4) of the 1991 Act are exercisable only by London local authorities in relation to their areas."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/859/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."
}