Regulation 4 Amendment of Regulations

The M4 Motorway (Hillingdon and Hounslow) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2002^f1 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

In regulation 2 (Prohibitions) at the beginning of paragraph (3) insert “Subject to regulation 2A”.

After regulation 2 insert—

“2A.

Regulation 2(3) shall not apply to the driving of a motor vehicle on any lengths of road on which there is for the time being a restriction imposed under section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on the driving of a motor vehicle in excess of a maximum speed which is less than 60 miles per hour.”.

In Part 4 of the Schedule (Roads affected by 60 miles per hour speed limit) for paragraph 11 substitute—

“11.

That length of the eastbound carriageway of the M4 Motorway from a point 239 metres west of the western end of the parapet railing of the western bridge carrying the M4 over the Junction 4 roundabout to a point 175 metres east of the eastern end of the parapet railing of the B454 Windmill Lane underbridge, a distance of approximately 8.5 kilometres.”.