The A40 Trunk Road (St Clears, Carmarthenshire to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire) (Temporary Speed Restrictions & No Overtaking) Order 2017
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | SI 2017/590 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017No. 590 (W. 137)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A40 Trunk Road (St Clears, Carmarthenshire to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire) (Temporary Speed Restrictions & No Overtaking) Order 2017
Made18April2017
Coming into force24April2017
The Welsh Ministers, being the traffic authority for the relevant length of the London – Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) (“the trunk road”), are satisfied that traffic in specified lengths of the trunk road should be restricted and/or prohibited 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, Interpretation and Commencement
1. This Order comes into force on 24 April 2017 and its title is The A40 Trunk Road (St Clears, Carmarthenshire to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire) (Temporary Speed Restrictions & No Overtaking) Order 2017.
2.—(1) In this Order:
“exempted vehicle”(“cerbyd esempt”) means:
(a) any vehicle being used by the emergency services; and
(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 home 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 lengths of the trunk road”(“y darnau o'r gefnffordd”) means the lengths of the trunk road between St Clears Roundabout in the County of Carmarthenshire and Haverfordwest in the County of Pembrokeshire specified in the Schedules to this Order;
“works period”(“cyfnod y gwaith”) means the period commencing at 00:01 hours on 24 April 2017 and ending when the temporary traffic signs are permanently removed.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.
Restrictions & Prohibition
3. No person shall, during the works period, drive or cause or permit any vehicle to proceed at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour in the...
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