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The M61 Motorway (Kearsley Spur) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/1593 · Made 14 June 2000

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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1999/2359 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 14th June 2000

Laid before Parliament 23rd June 2000

Coming into force 17th July 2000

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:

Annotations to the whole text

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. Section 134(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Schedule 8, paragraph 77.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Imposition of speed limit
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the M61 Motorway (Kearsley Spur) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th July 2000.

(2)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the Kearsley Spur” means the Kearsley Spur of the M61 Motorway at Kearsley in Greater Manchester; and

(b)

“the northbound exit slip road” means the northbound exit slip road linking the northbound carriageway of the Kearsley Spur with the Kearsley roundabout.

2Imposition of speed limit

(1)

No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on a restricted carriageway.

(2)

Each of the following is a restricted carriageway—

(a)

the northbound carriageway of the Kearsley Spur between its junction with the northbound exit slip road (marker post 3.8) and its junction with the A666 (Farnworth and Kearsley bypass) (marker post 4.4);

(b)

the northbound exit slip road between its junction with the northbound carriageway of the Kearsley Spur and its junction with the Kearsley roundabout (Bolton Road).

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation the junction between the Kearsley Spur and the northbound exit slip road shall be taken to be marked by a gantry over the carriageway on which there are for the time being displayed traffic signs of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 670 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994f1 varied to indicate a speed limit of 50 miles per hour.

3Revocation

The M61 Motorway (Kearsley Spur) (Speed Limit) Regulations 1999f1 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Larry Whitty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

14th June 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations impose a speed limit of 50 miles per hour on part of the Kearsley Spur of the M61 Motorway and a slip road from that spur. They revoke and replace the previous regulations.