Part VI Speed Limits
82 What roads are restricted roads.
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 F2streetF2carriageway lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than F3200 yardsF3185 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.