2009 No. 1568
Road Traffic
Special Roads
The M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made 22nd June 2009
Laid before Parliament 29th June 2009
Coming into force 21st July 2009

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
1984 c.27. Section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), Schedule 8, Part II, paragraph 28(3) and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 25 and Schedule 8. There are other amendments to sections 17 and 134 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 21st July 2009.

2 Preliminary
The M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.
S. I. 2005/1671.

3 Amendment to the Schedule (relevant roads)
In the Schedule, in sub-paragraph 1(a), for “19/0 + 80” substitute “16/5 + 50A”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
C. D. Mole Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 22nd June 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”), which modify the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982, in respect of the M42 Motorway, Junctions 3A to 7 and the adjoining slip roads.
Regulation 3 amends the meaning of “relevant roads” to extend the length of the northbound carriageway of the M42 to which the 2005 Regulations apply.
A regulatory impact assessment on the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector can be obtained from the ATM and ITS Solutions Team, C5, 5 Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1BL and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website ( www.opsi.gov.uk). Copies of each document have been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.