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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-transitional-powers-scotland-order-1995/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-transitional-powers-scotland-order-1995/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1476",
  "legislation_title": "The Roads (Transitional Powers) (Scotland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-transitional-powers-scotland-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the change in status of roads considered necessary or expedient as a result of or in connection with the establishment of new local government areas on 1st April 1996. The Order also makes certain consequential provisions.\nArticle 3 provides that as from 1st April 1996 certain roads shall become or cease to be trunk roads. These roads are listed in Schedule 1 . For roads which cease to be trunk roads it is provided that the local roads authority shall become responsible for that road.\nArticle 4 makes similar provision for proposed roads which are in the course of construction or proposed to be built at the date of making the Order. Article 5 makes similar provision for special roads contained within special road schemes. The proposed roads and special roads concerned are listed in Schedules 2 and 3 respectively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1476/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:08:01.930582+00:00"
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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."
}