Paragraph 3

Scotland

In section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions)—

F1(a)

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(b)

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(c)

after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5A)
In any proceedings for a contravention of section 81 of this Act, a certificate of an officer of the Secretary of State that a road is of a specified classification or type shall be sufficient evidence of the facts certified; and a document purporting to be such a certificate and to be signed by such an officer shall be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is shown.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 7 para. 3(a)(b) repealed (01.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(2), Sch. 9; S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2