Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 887

Road Traffic

The Cycle Racing on Highways (Tour de France 2014) Regulations 2014

Made

31st March 2014

Laid before Parliament

4th April 2014

Coming into force

1st May 2014

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1). Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Cycle Racing on Highways (Tour de France 2014) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st May 2014.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the principal Regulations” means the Cycle Racing on Highways Regulations 1960(2); and

“the specified races” means those stages of the Tour de France 2014 which are proposed to be held in England between 1st and 31st July 2014.

Application

3.—(1) In their application to the specified races the principal Regulations are to have effect with the following modifications.

(2) In regulation 5(1)(a)—

(a)for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i)the number of competitors must not exceed 220;”; and

(b)omit sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Goodwill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

31st March 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations modify the Cycle Racing on Highways Regulations 1960 in their application to the three stages of the Tour de France 2014 due to take place in England on 5th, 6th and 7th July 2014, by varying three of the standard conditions set out in regulation 5(1)(a) of those Regulations.

As respects the Tour de France 2014, these Regulations increase the maximum permitted number of competitors to 220 and disapply the conditions limiting the extent to which the route of the race may pass along the same length of road more than once and may pass along roads subject to speed limits of 40 miles per hour or less.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside this instrument on the website (www.legislation.gov.uk).

(1)

1988 c. 52; section 31 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, paragraph 49. For the definition of “prescribed” in the Road Traffic Act 1988, see section 192(1).