The A470 Trunk Road (Dolgellau By-Pass, Gwynedd) (50 mph Speed Limit) Order 2017

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CitationSI 2017/629

2017No. 629 (W. 141)

ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES

The A470 Trunk Road (Dolgellau By-Pass, Gwynedd) (50 mph Speed Limit) Order 2017

Made26April2017

Coming into force29April2017

The Welsh Ministers, as traffic authority for the A470 Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 84(1) and (2) to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 1) and after consultation with the Chief Officer of North Wales Police, make this Order.

Title, Interpretation and Commencement

1. This Order comes into force on 29 April 2017 and its title is The A470 Trunk Road (Dolgellau By-Pass, Gwynedd) (50 mph Speed Limit) Order 2017.

2. In this Order:

“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( 2);

(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.

Restriction

3. No person shall drive any vehicle, other than an exempted vehicle, at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on those lengths of the trunk road specified in the Schedule.

Signed under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, one of the Welsh Ministers.

Dated 26 April 2017

Nina Ley

Head of Business Unit, Network Management

Welsh Government

SCHEDULE

50 MPH SPEED LIMIT

The length of the A470 Trunk Road that extends from a point 410 metres west of the centre-point of the A470/A494 junction roundabout to a point 48 metres southeast of the centre-point of the A470/A493 junction roundabout.

The length of the A470 Trunk Road that extends from a point 50 metres northwest of the centre-point of the A470/A493 junction roundabout to a point 122 metres south of the centre-point of the A470/A496 junction roundabout.

(1) 1984 c. 27; section 84(1) was substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1991...

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