# The Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/344/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-speed-limits-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/note
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