2014 No. 3552

Road Traffic, England And Wales

The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 86(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841 after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 and come into force on whichever is the later of—

a

the 21st day after the day on which they are approved by resolution of the second House of Parliament to approve them; and

b

6th April 20152.

2

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Variation of HGV speed limit2

1

Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19843 is varied as follows.

2

In Part 1, item 5, paragraph (2)(b)—

a

for the figure “50” in column 3(b) (dual carriageway road), substitute “60”; and

b

for the figure “40” in column 3(c) (other road), substitute “50”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Claire PerryParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the maximum speed limit on roads which are not motorways for vehicles (known as heavy goods vehicles) which have a maximum laden weight, or, if drawing a trailer, aggregate weight, exceeding 7.5 tonnes.

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 6, Part 1 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the above vehicles, firstly by substituting a maximum speed limit of 60 mph for the current limit of 50mph on dual carriageway roads and secondly by substituting a maximum speed limit of 50mph for the current limit of 40mph on single carriageway roads.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.