{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-northern-ireland-order-1993/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-northern-ireland-order-1993/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1993/3160",
  "legislation_title": "The Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-northern-ireland-order-1993",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Trunk roads",
  "text": "(1) Where the Department considers it expedient for the purpose of extending, improving or reorganising the trunk system that any road should be designated as a trunk road, the Department may by order direct that—\n(a) any existing road;\n(b) any road in the course of construction; or\n(c) any road proposed to be constructed,\nshall become a trunk road; and the trunk system shall be modified accordingly.\n(2) In this Article “the trunk system” means the main system of routes for through traffic in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1993/3160/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:47.915792+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."
}