The M48 Motorway (Junction 23 (Rogiet), Chepstow to (Junction 2 (Newhouse Interchange), Monmouthshire) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles and 40 mph Speed limit) Order 2024
| Year | 2024 |
2024 No. 6 (W. 3)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The M48 Motorway (Junction 23 (Rogiet), Chepstow to (Junction 2 (Newhouse Interchange), Monmouthshire) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles and 40 mph Speed limit) Order 2024
Made 5January 2024
Coming into force 15January 2024
The Welsh Ministers, as traffic authority for the relevant length of the M48 motorway, are satisfied that traffic on specified lengths of the motorway should be prohibited/and or restricted because of works proposed on or near the road.
The Welsh Ministers, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 14(1), (4) and (7) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1), make this Order.
Title and commencement
1. The title of this Order is the M48 Motorway
(Junction 23 (Rogiet), Chepstow to (Junction 2
(Newhouse Interchange), Monmouthshire) (Temporary
Prohibition of Vehicles and 40 mph Speed Limit)
Order 2024 and this Order comes into force on 15
January 2024.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
(1) 1984 c. 27; section 14 was substituted by the Road Traffic
(Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 (c. 26), section 1(1) and
Schedule 1. By virtue of S.I. 1999/672, and section 162 of,
and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of
Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), these powers are now exercisable by
the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales.
“exempted vehicle” (“cerbyd esempt”) means—
(a) any vehicle being used by the emergency
services for the purposes described in section
87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984(1) or in connection with the works
giving rise to this Order;
(b) any vehicle being used for naval, military or
air force purposes and being driven by a
person for the time being subject to the orders
of a member of the armed forces of the
Crown, who is a member of the special
forces—
(i) in response, or for practice in
responding, to a national security
emergency by a person who has been
trained in driving at high speeds; or
(ii) for the purpose of training a person in
driving vehicles at high speeds;
“special forces” (“lluoedd arbennig”) means those
units of the armed forces the maintenance of
whose capabilities is the responsibility of the
Director of Special Forces or which are for the
time being subject to the operational command of
that Director;
“the motorway” (“y draffordd”) means the M48
London to Fishguard Motorway;
“works period” (“cyfnod y gwaith”) means the
period commencing at 20:00 hours on 15 January
2024 and ending when the temporary traffic...
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