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The M6 Motorway (Junction 38 Slip Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/1646 · Made 8 June 1999

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 8th June 1999

Laid before Parliament 18th June 1999

Coming into force 12th July 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 27. Section 17 was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22); Schedule 8, paragraph 28 and Schedule 9 and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40); Schedule 4, paragraph 25 and Schedule 8.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Imposition of speed limit
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the M6 Motorway (Junction 38 Slip Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 12th July 1999.

2Imposition of speed limit

(1)

No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on any specified slip road.

(2)

Each of the following slip roads at junction 38 of the M6 Motorway is a “specified slip road”–

(a)

the northbound exit slip road between its junction with the northbound carriageway of the M6 and its junction with the A685 roundabout;

(b)

the northbound entry slip road between its junction with the A685 roundabout and its junction with the northbound carriageway of the M6;

(c)

the southbound exit slip road between its junction with the southbound carriageway of the M6 and its junction with the northbound exit slip road.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Larry Whitty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

8th June 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations impose a speed limit of 50 miles per hour on specified slip roads at junction 38 of the M6 Motorway.