# The Special Road (Glan Conwy to Conwy Morfa) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:–
(a) “the Act of 1984” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
(b) “carriageway” means that part of the special road which:–
(i) is constructed with a surface suitable for the regular passage of vehicular motor traffic along the special road;
(ii) has on each side either a hard shoulder, an emergency waiting area, a raised kerb or a central reservation; and
(iii) has the approximate position of its edges marked with a traffic sign of the type shown either in diagram 1012 or diagram 1012.1 in Schedule 2 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1981;
(c) “central reservation” means that part of the special road which separates the carriageway to be used by vehicles travelling in one direction from the carriageway to be used by vehicles travelling in the opposite direction;
(d) “emergency waiting area” means an area of the special road which is adjacent to and situated on the left hand or near side of the carriageway when facing in the direction in which vehicles may be driven in accordance with Regulation 4, and which is designed to take the weight of a vehicle and which is bounded by the traffic sign shown in diagram 1010 in Schedule 2 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1981;
(e) “excluded traffic” means traffic which is not traffic of Classes I, II or IV;
(f) “hard shoulder” means any part of the special road which is adjacent to and situated on the left hand or near side of the carriageway when facing in the direction in which vehicles may be driven in accordance with Regulation 4, and which is designed to take the weight of a vehicle and which is bounded by the traffic sign shown in diagram 1012.1 in Schedule 2 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1981;
(g) “special road” means the lengths of the road including any slip road to which these Regulations apply by virtue of Regulation 1.
(2) A vehicle shall be treated for the purposes of any provision of these Regulations as being on any part of the special road specified in that provision if any part of the vehicle (whether it is at rest or not) is on the part of the special road so specified.
(3) Any provision of these Regulations containing any prohibition or restriction relating to the driving, moving or stopping of a vehicle, or to its remaining at rest, shall be construed as a provision that no person shall use the special road by driving, moving or stopping the vehicle or by causing or permitting it to be driven or moved, or to stop or remain at rest, in contravention of that prohibition or restriction.
(4) In these Regulations references to numbered classes of traffic are references to the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980.
(5) Except where otherwise stated any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Regulation or Schedule is a reference to the Regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1586/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-road-glan-conwy-to-conwy-morfa-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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