The 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978

Statutory Instruments

1978 No. 1548

ROAD TRAFFIC

The 70 Miles Per Hour, 60 Miles Per Hour and 50 Miles Per Hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978

Made

25th October 1978

Laid before Parliament

2nd November 1978

Coming into Operation

30th November 1978

The Secretary of State for Transport (so far as relating to roads in England), the Secretary of State for Scotland (so far as relating to roads in Scotland) and the Secretary of State for Wales (so far as relating to roads in Wales) in exercise respectively of the powers conferred by section 77(3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967, and now vested in them(1), and of all other enabling powers, hereby make the following Order:—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978, and shall come into operation on 30th November 1978.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

2.  The provisions of the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977, as varied by the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Variation) Order 1978, (which Order, as so varied, imposes during the period from 31st May 1977 to 30th November 1978 a general speed limit of 70 mph on dual carriageway roads (not being motorways), a general speed limit of 60 mph on single carriageway roads (not being motorways) and speed limits of 60 mph on certain specified dual carriageway roads and of 50 mph on certain specified single carriageway roads) are hereby continued indefinitely.

William Rodgers

Secretary of State for Transport

22nd September 1978

Bruce Millan

Secretary of State for Scotland

25th October 1978

John Morris

Secretary of State for Wales

23rd October 1978

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order continues indefinitely the provisions of the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977, as varied by the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Variation) Order 1978. These Orders provided, during the period from 31st May 1977 to 30th November 1978, for a 70 mph general speed limit on dual carriageway roads (not being motorways), for a 60 mph general speed limit on single carriageway roads (not being motorways) and for 60 and 50 mph speed limits on certain specified lengths of dual and single carriageway roads respectively.

(1)

As respects the Secretary of State for Transport – see S.I. 1970/1681.