{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/temporary-speed-limit-sydenham-by-pass-route-a2-belfast-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/367",
  "legislation_title": "Temporary Speed Limit (Sydenham By-Pass, Route A2, Belfast) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/temporary-speed-limit-sydenham-by-pass-route-a2-belfast-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES\nMade 6th August 1996\nComing into operation 10th October 1996\nWHEREAS the Temporary Speed Limit (Sydenham By-Pass, Route A2, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 prohibits the driving of motor vehicles at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour on the eastbound carriageway of Sydenham By-Pass, Route A2, Belfast, from its junction with Middlepath Street to its junction with Dee Street, and on the westbound carriageway of Sydenham By-Pass, Route A2, Belfast, from its junction with Dee Street, to a point approximately 240 metres west of that junction, for a period of 4 months from 9th June 1996;\nAND WHEREAS the Department of the Environment is satisfied that it is desirable in the interests of safety to continue to restrict the speed of motor vehicles on those sections of Sydenham By-Pass, Route A2, Belfast;\nNOW THEREFORE the Department, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 51(4) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 178"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/367/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."
}