Article 16 Speed limitsI1

The orders referred to in columns (1) and (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 8 (existing orders) are revoked or varied as set out in column (3) of Part 1 of Schedule 8 upon the event listed in column (4) occurring.

Upon the event listed in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 8 (highways subject to 50mph speed limit) no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on the lengths of highway identified in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 8.

Upon the event listed in column (3) of Part 3 of Schedule 8 (derestricted highways) the lengths of highway specified in column (2) of Part 3 of Schedule 8 cease to be restricted highways for the purpose of section 81 of the 1984 Act.

During the period specified in column (4) of Part 4 of Schedule 8 (temporary speed limits) no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit specified in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 8 along the lengths of highway specified in column (3) of Part 4 of Schedule 8.

Without limiting the scope of the specific powers conferred by paragraph (4) but subject to the provisions of this article and the consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the relevant traffic authority, which consent may be subject to reasonable conditions, the undertaker may, in so far as may be expedient or necessary for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development, impose a temporary speed limit either at all times or at times, on days or during such periods, and on such highways as may be specified by the undertaker.

The undertaker must not exercise the powers in paragraph (5) unless it has given not less than 4 weeks’ notice in writing of its intention so to do to the chief officer of police and to the relevant traffic authority.

The speed limits imposed by this Order are deemed to have been imposed by an order under the 1984 Act and—

as any other speed limit imposed by an order under that Act.

No speed limit imposed by this Order applies to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) (regulations in relation to orders and notices under the 1984 Act) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011^f1 when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations.