The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) Regulations 1986

Statutory Instruments

1986 No. 1175

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) Regulations 1986

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made

21st May 1986

Laid before Parliament

3rd June 1986

Coming into Operation

22nd July 1986

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 86(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) Regulations 1986.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the fifteenth day following the day on which they are approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Amended speed limits

2.  The provisions of Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 are hereby varied as follows:—

(1) in Part I:—

(a) in item 3, for the figure “50” in columns 3(a) and (b) (respectively the speed limit on a motorway and on a dual carriageway road not being a motorway) there shall be substituted the figure “60”;

(b) in item 5(2)(a), for the figure “50” in column 3(b) (the speed limit on a dual carriageway road not being a motorway) there shall be substituted the figure “60”;

(c) the following item shall be added in the Table:—

“9.

An agricultural motor vehicle

40 40 40”;

(2) in Part IV, in paragraph 2, before “articulated vehicle” there shall be inserted ““agricultural motor vehicle””.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for Transport

21st May 1986

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 with the result that:—

(a) the speed limit for passenger vehicles, motor caravans, car-derived vans or dual purpose vehicles which are drawing one trailer is increased from 50 to 60 miles per hour on a motorway or a dual carriageway;

(b) the speed limit for certain light goods vehicles is increased from 50 to 60 miles per hour on a dual carriageway;

(c) a speed limit of 40 miles per hour is introduced for agricultural motor vehicles on all roads.