# Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Paragraph 3

Extent: S

In section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions)—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/schedule/7/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/schedule-7/paragraph-3
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