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Statutory Instruments
Road Traffic
Special Roads
Made
14th October 2020
Laid before Parliament
20th October 2020
Coming into force
10th November 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1).
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the M1 Motorway (Junction 2) (50 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 10th November 2020.
2. In these Regulations-
"A1" means the road known by that name;
"carriageway", in relation to a motorway, and "motorway" have the same meaning as in the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982(2);
"carriageway", in relation to a road other than a motorway, has the same meaning as in section 329 of the Highways Act 1980(3);
"M1" means the motorway known by that name; and
"the specified roads" means-
that length of the M1 at junction 2 from the southbound carriageway of the M1 to the southbound carriageway of the A1 from a point 309 metres south-east of the centre of Five Ways footbridge to a point 279 metres north-west of the centre of Greenlands Lane footbridge; and
that length of the M1 at junction 2 from the northbound carriageway of the A1 to the northbound carriageway of the M1 from a point 278 metres north-west of the centre of Greenlands Lane footbridge to a point 181 metres south-east of the centre of Five Ways footbridge.
3. No person shall drive a vehicle on either of the specified roads at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Vere
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
14th October 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations introduce a 50 miles per hour speed limit to lengths of the roads at junction 2 of the M1 motorway which connect with the A1.
Contravention of these Regulations is an offence under section 17(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as no significant impact on the cost of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.
1984 c.27; section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), Schedule 8, Part 2, paragraph 28(3); section 17(2)(b) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 8; section 17(2)(d) was inserted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 25. There are other amendments to sections 17 and 134 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 1982/1163, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1479, 1992/1364, 2004/3258, 2018/222.
