The A40 Trunk Road and Link Road (Travellers' Rest Junction, Carmarthenshire) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles and 30 MPH Speed Limit) Order 2018
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2018/1418 |
| Year | 2018 |
2018No. 1418 (W. 266)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A40 Trunk Road and Link Road (Travellers' Rest Junction, Carmarthenshire) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles and 30 MPH Speed Limit) Order 2018
Made21December2018
Coming into force3January2019
The Welsh Ministers, as traffic authority for the A40 Trunk Road, are satisfied that traffic on specified lengths of the trunk road and link road should be prohibited and restricted because of works proposed on or near the roads.
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, Commencement and Interpretation
1. The title of this Order is the A40 Trunk Road and Link Road (Travellers' Rest Junction, Carmarthenshire) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles and 30 MPH Speed Limit) Order 2018 and it comes into force on 3 January 2019.
2.—(1) In this Order:
“exempted vehicle”(“cerbyd esempt”) means:
(a) any vehicle being used for the purposes described in section 87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Act( 2) 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 trunk road”(“y gefnffordd”) means the A40 London to Fishguard Trunk Road at Travellers' Rest Junction in the County of Carmarthenshire.
“the link road”(“y ffordd gyswllt”) means the length of the link road connecting the eastbound off and on slip roads to south-west of Travellers' Rest over-bridge at Travellers' Rest Junction in the County of Carmarthenshire.
“works period”(“cyfnod y gwaith”) means intermittent periods commencing at 00:01 hours on 3 January 2019 and ending when the temporary traffic signs are permanently removed.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing...
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