SCHEDULE
Regulation 3(2)(a)
THE SPECIFIED ROADS
1. The specified roads are—
(a) that length of the northbound carriageway of the M6 beginning at junction 13 at the southern edge of the bridge carrying Ash Flats Lane over the M6 (“the southern...
The M6 Motorway (Junctions 13 to 15) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2021/116 |
2021 No. 116
Road Traffic
Special Roads
The M6 Motorway (Junctions 13 to 15) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2021
Made 2nd February 2021
Laid before Parliament 3rd February 2021
Coming into force 24th February 2021
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841.
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the M6 Motorway (Junctions 13 to 15) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 24th February 2021.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1982 Regulations” means the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 19822;
“the 2016 Regulations and Directions” means the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 20163; and
“carriageway”, “hard shoulder”, “motorway” and “verge” have the same meaning as in the 1982 Regulations.
Variable speed limits
3.—(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a section of road which is subject to a variable speed limit at a speed exceeding that indicated by a speed limit sign.
(2) A section of a road is subject to a variable speed limit in relation to a vehicle being driven along it if—
(a)
(a) the road is specified in the Schedule;
(b)
(b) the vehicle has passed a speed limit sign;
(c)
(c) the vehicle has not subsequently passed—
(i) another speed limit sign indicating a different speed limit; or
(ii) a traffic sign which indicates that the national speed limit is in force; and
(d)
(d) no speed restriction is in force by virtue of—
(i) an order or notice under section 144of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; or
(ii) a traffic sign placed by a traffic officer pursuant to section 7 of the Traffic Management Act 20045.
(3) In relation to a vehicle, the speed limit indicated by a speed limit sign is the speed shown at the time the vehicle passes the sign, or, if higher, the speed limit shown by the sign ten seconds before the vehicle passed the sign.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation a speed limit sign is to be taken as not indicating any speed limit if, ten seconds before the vehicle passed it, the sign had indicated no speed limit or that the national speed limit was in force.
(5) In this regulation—
“national speed limit” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions and a traffic sign which indicates that the national speed limit is in force means a traffic sign of the type shown in diagram 671 in Part 2 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions which is—
(a) placed on or near a road; and
(b) directed at traffic on the carriageway on which the vehicle is being driven;
“road” includes the adjacent hard shoulder and verge; and
“speed limit sign” in relation to a vehicle, means a traffic sign of the type shown in diagram 670 in Part 2 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions which is—
(a) situated on or near any part of a road specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule; and
(b) directed at traffic on the carriageway on which the vehicle is being driven.
Vere
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
2nd February 2021
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