The A5 Trunk Road (Conwy/Gwynedd Border to Capel Curig, Conwy County Borough) (Temporary Speed Restrictions and No Overtaking) Order 2017
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | SI 2017/228 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017No. 228 (W. 62)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A5 Trunk Road (Conwy/Gwynedd Border to Capel Curig, Conwy County Borough) (Temporary Speed Restrictions and No Overtaking) Order 2017
Made22February2017
Coming into force27February2017
The Welsh Ministers, being the traffic authority for the relevant length of the London – Holyhead Trunk Road (A5) (‘the trunk road’), are satisfied that traffic in a specified length 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 27 February 2017 and its title is The A5 Trunk Road (Conwy/Gwynedd Border to Capel Curig, Conwy County Borough) (Temporary Speed Restrictions and 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 length of the trunk road’(‘y darn o'r gefnffordd’) means the length of the trunk road in the County Borough of Conwy that extends from the Conwy/Gwynedd border at a point 300 metres east of the centre-point of its junction with the unclassified road leading to Idwal Youth Hostel to a point 1,050 metres south-east of its junction with the A4086 at Capel Curig;
‘works period’(‘cyfnod y gwaith’) means that period commencing at 07:30 hours on 27 February 2017 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 that number in this Order.
Restrictions and Prohibition
3. No person shall, during the...
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