# The M6 Motorway (Junctions 21a to 26) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2024, Regulation 5: Variable speed limits


(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a section of a 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 on it if—
(a) the road is specified in the Schedule;
(b) the vehicle has passed a speed limit sign;
(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) no speed restriction is in force by virtue of—
(i) an order or notice under section 14 of 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 2004.
(3) In relation to a vehicle, the speed limit indicated by a speed limit sign is the highest of—
(a) the speed shown at the time the vehicle passes the sign; or
(b) the speed shown by the sign ten seconds before the vehicle passed the sign (if different).
(4) In relation to a vehicle, a speed limit sign is to be taken as not indicating any speed limit if, ten seconds before the vehicle passed it, the sign showed no speed limit or was a traffic sign which indicates that the national speed limit is in force.
(5) In this regulation—
“the 2016 Regulations and Directions” means the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016;
“national speed limit” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions;
“a traffic sign which indicates that the national speed limit is in force” in relation to a vehicle 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, as those terms are defined in the 1982 Regulations; 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) placed on or near a road; and
(b) directed at traffic on the carriageway on which the vehicle is being driven.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/841/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/m6-motorway-junctions-21a-to-26-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2024/regulation-5
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