82 What roads are restricted roads.E+W+S
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 84(3) of this Act, a road is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of this Act if [F1— (a)] there is provided on it a system of [F2street][F2carriageway] lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than [F3200 yards][F3185 metres] apart [F4; and
(b)the road is of a classification or type specified for the purposes of this subsection in regulations made by the Secretary of State.]
(2)A direction may be given—
(a)that a specified road which is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of this Act shall cease to be a restricted road for those purposes, or
(b)that a specified road which is not a restricted road for those purposes shall become a restricted road for those purposes.
(3)Where, by a notice published as mentioned in section 1(4) of this Act, a date has been or is declared to be the date on which a part of a special road is open for use as a special road, that part of the road shall not be a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of this Act or (if the date so declared is a date after the commencement of this section) shall not be a restricted road for those purposes on or after that date.
Textual Amendments
F1 “—(a)" inserted (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 157(3), Sch. 7 paras. 2(a), 5
F2Word “carriageway" substituted (S.) for word “street" by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 157(3), Sch. 7 paras. 2(b), 5
F3Words “185 metres" substituted (S.) for words “200 yards" by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 157(3), Sch. 7 paras. 2(c), 5
F4Words inserted (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 157(3), Sch. 7 paras. 2(d), 5