Part VMiscellaneous and supplementary
Quiet lanes and home zones and rural road speed limits
269Report on rural road speed limits
1
The Secretary of State shall review the operation in relation to rural roads of the provision made by and under—
a
Part VI of the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (speed limits), and
b
Schedule 9 to that Act (orders) so far as relating to orders under that Part.
2
The review shall in particular include consideration of whether (and, if so, how) the law should be amended to facilitate the introduction of rural road hierarchies.
3
A rural road hierarchy is a system under which rural roads are categorised by a local traffic authority (by reference to the ways in which they are used) for the purpose of subjecting different categories of rural roads to different speed limits.
4
The Secretary of State shall consult—
a
the Scottish Ministers, and
b
the National Assembly for Wales,
when carrying out the review.
5
The Secretary of State shall publish a report of the review before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
6
The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament.
7
In this section “local traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.