# The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) Order 1987, Article 18


In article 21:
(a) there shall be substituted for paragraph (1) the following:
“(1) A vehicle or combination of vehicles the use of which on roads is authorised by article 18, if of Category 2 or Category 3 as defined in that article, or by article 20, as indicated by an item in column 2 of the Table below, shall not travel at a speed exceeding that specified in column 3 for that item in relation to the type of road used:
Table
1
2
3
Item
Authorisation
Speed (mph)
Motorway
Dual Carriageway
Other road
1
Article 18 Category 2
40
35
30
2
Article 18 Category 3
30
25
20
3
Article 20
30
25
20
”
(b) paragraph (3) shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1327/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-amendment-order-1987/article-18
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