Regulation 4 Amendment of Regulations

The Schedule (the Specified Roads) to the M6 Motorway (Junctions 16 to 19) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2018^f1 is amended in accordance with this regulation.

In paragraph 3 in the appropriate places insert–

• ““back”, in relation to a nose, means the shortest side of a nose;”;

• ““diverge nose” means a nose between the main carriageway of a motorway and an off-slip road;”; and

• ““nose” means a paved piece of land approximately triangular in shape which is marked with road markings of a type shown in diagram 1042 in Part 6 of Schedule 9 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions;”.

In paragraph 4 for sub-paragraph (f) substitute–

“(f)

at junction 19–

(i)

the on-slip roads connecting from the A556;

(ii)

that length of the off-slip road connecting from the northbound carriageway to the A556 beginning at the diverge from the northbound carriageway and ending at a point which is 89 metres from the back of the diverge nose; and

(iii)

that length of the off-slip road connecting from the southbound carriageway to the A556 beginning at the diverge from the southbound carriageway and ending at a point which is 88 metres from the back of the diverge nose.”.