Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Scotland) Regulations 1976 which authorise certain competitions or trials (other than races or trials of speed) involving the use of motor vehicles on public roads.
In Schedule 2 to the 1976 Regulations, standard condition 14 is amended so that on a motorway the average speed of certain vehicles in an event shall not exceed 60 mph (previously 50 mph). The vehicles which will be affected can be described broadly as small passenger vehicles. Standard condition 14 is also amended so that the average speed of a motor car adapted to carry no more than 7 passengers which is towing a caravan in an event on a motorway must not exceed 50 mph.
The “specified events” contained in Schedule 3 to the 1976 Regulations is amended to include the “Classic Run” promoted by RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd.