Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/33 · Made 8 February 1996 · Extends to Northern Ireland

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Made 8th February 1996

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Coming into operation 21st March 1996

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 50(4)(a) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”

1Citation, commencement and interpretation
2Increase of speed limit
3Reduction of speed limit
4Article 4
5Revocation
Signature
Schedule 1: Restricted roads on which the speed limit is increased from 30 mph to 40 mph
1Paragraph 1
2Paragraph 2 Repealed
3Paragraph 3 Repealed
4Paragraph 4
5Paragraph 5
Schedule 2: Restricted roads on which the speed limit is reduced from 30 mph to 20 mph
1Paragraph 1
2Paragraph 2
3Paragraph 3
4Paragraph 4
5Paragraph 5
6Paragraph 6
7Paragraph 7
8Paragraph 8
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10Paragraph 10
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12Paragraph 12
13Paragraph 13
14Paragraph 14
15Paragraph 15
16Paragraph 16
Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 21st March 1996.

(2)

In this Order “the 1981 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

2Increase of speed limitI1

The rate of speed fixed by Article 50(1) of the 1981 Order shall be increased from 30 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour in relation to the restricted roads specified in Schedule 1.

3Reduction of speed limitI1

In relation to the length of Comber Road, Route A21, Newtownards, from a point approximately 457 metres south of Court Street/South Street junction, to a point approximately 657 metres south of that junction, the rate of speed fixed by Article 50(1) of the 1981 Order shall be reduced from 40 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour.

4I1

The rate of speed fixed by Article 50(1) of the 1981 Order shall be reduced from 30 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour in relation to the restricted roads specified in Schedule 2.

5RevocationI1

Item 3 of Schedule 1 to the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1988^f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

L.S.

E. J. Galway

Assistant Secretary

8th February 1996.

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Ardnabannon Road, Route A25, Annsborough, Castlewellan, from its junction with Ballylough Road, Route B175, to a point approximately 225 metres north-east of that junction.

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Comber Road, Route A21, Newtownards, from a point approximately 657 metres south of Court Street/ South Street junction, to a point approximately 2,031 metres south of that junction.

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Crawfordsburn Road, Route C251, Newtownards, from a point approximately 530 metres north of its junction with Mountain Road, to a point approximately 1,528 metres north of that junction.