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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 by inserting a definition for the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and by substituting a new regulation 2.

The Regulations—

(a)

in the new regulation 2 (1) prescribe the maximum speed at which a motor vehicle (of a class or description mentioned in the Schedule) may be driven on the class of road specified in that Schedule; and

(b)

provide that nothing in the new regulation 2(1) shall render lawful contravention of speed limits under the provisions specified in the new regulation 2(2).