Regulation 2 General interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the 1982 Regulations” means the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982^f1;

• “carriageway”, “hard shoulder”, “motorway” and “verge” have the same meaning as in the 1982 Regulations;

• “the relevant roads” means the lengths of motorway comprised in—

  1. (a)

     the clockwise carriageway of the M25 between marker posts 72/2 and 94/9;

  2. (b)

     the carriageways of the relevant clockwise slip roads;

  3. (c)

     the anti-clockwise carriageway of the M25 between marker posts 96/0 and 72/6;

  4. (d)

     the carriageways of the relevant anti-clockwise slip roads,

  • together with the adjacent hard shoulders and verges;

• “speed limit sign” means a traffic sign for indicating that a specified maximum speed limit other than the national speed limit is in force; and

• “national speed limit” has the meaning given by regulation 5(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994^f2.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a vehicle shall be regarded as passing a particular traffic sign if and only if—

References in these Regulations to the M3, the M4 and the M25 are references to the lengths of motorway known respectively as the M3, the M4 and the M25.

A reference in these Regulations to a junction followed by a number is a reference to the junction of the M25 of that number.