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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1078",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC\nMade 25th June 1986\nLaid before Parliament 18th July 1986\nComing into Operation 11th August 1986\nThe Secretary of State for Transport (hereinafter referred to as “the Secretary of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(5), 40(1), (2) and (3) and 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 now vested in him and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with the provisions of section 199(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations modified (1.7.2022) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Automated Vehicles) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/470), arts. 1(1), 3 (with art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied in part by The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1998), art. 58 (as inserted (31.5.2023) by S.I. 2023/524, arts. 1(1), 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/571 and 1981/238."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/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."
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