SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Minor and consequential amendments relating to SOCA
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
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1
Section 87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (exemption of fire, ambulance and police vehicles from speed limits) is amended as follows.
2
The existing text of that section is to be subsection (1).
3
After that subsection add—
2
Subsection (1) above applies in relation to a vehicle being used—
a
for Serious Organised Crime Agency purposes, or
b
for training persons to drive vehicles for use for Serious Organised Crime Agency purposes,
as it applies in relation to a vehicle being used for police purposes.
3
But (except where it is being used for training the person by whom it is being driven) subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a vehicle by virtue of subsection (2) above unless it is being driven by a person who has been trained in driving vehicles at high speeds.