42.—(1) No enactment imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles shall apply to any vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for [F1fire and rescue,] ambulance, police, military or customs purposes, if compliance with that provision would be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle on that occasion for any of those purposes.
(2) In paragraph (1) the reference to ambulance purposes includes a reference to the purposes of a mobile coronary care unit.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall affect any civil claim for injury or damage to person or property.
F1Words in art. 42(1) substituted (1.7.2006) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 63(1), Sch. 3 para. 23 (with arts. 49, 62); S.R. 2006/257, art. 2(b)(d)