{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/temporary-speed-limit-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/temporary-speed-limit-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/535",
  "legislation_title": "Temporary Speed Limit (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/temporary-speed-limit-belfast-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order prohibits in the interests of safety the driving of motor vehicles—\n1 at more than 50 miles per hour on the part of the Motorway M3 and the part of the off-slip road from the Motorway M3 to Belfast Harbour Estate described in Schedule 1;\nand\n2 at more than 30 miles per hour on the T1 Trunk Road, Belfast (part of which replaces part of the eastbound carriageway of Sydenham By-Pass); on those parts of the eastbound carriageway of Sydenham By-Pass, Route A2, Belfast, of the off-slip road from the Motorway M3 to Belfast Harbour Estate and of the on-slip road from Belfast Harbour Estate to the T1 Trunk Road described in Schedule 2; and on the link road connecting the above slip roads\nfor a period of 4 months commencing on 29th December 1996.\nAny person who acts in contravention of the Order shall be guilty of an offence under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1,000).\nTraffic signs indicating the effect of the Order will be erected on the roads in due course.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/535/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:29:31.542843+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."
}