The Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994

Made: 5th October 1994

Laid before Parliament: 20th October 1994

Coming into force: 10th November 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 13(2) and (3)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988([^f00001]), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such representative organisations as he thought fit in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 10th November 1994.

• (2) These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Scotland) Regulations 1976

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The Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Scotland) Regulations 1976([^f00002]) shall be amended as follows:–

• (a) In Schedule 2 (standard conditions)–

• (i) in standard condition 14 (b)(i) for “50” there shall be substituted “60”;and

• (ii) for standard condition 14(b)(iii) there shall be substituted the following:–

(iii) in the case of a vehicle constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, being a motor car adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, which is towing a caravan, 50 miles per hour insofar as the route consists of a motorway and 25 miles per hour insofar as the route consists of other roads.

• (b) In Schedule 3 (specified events)–

in the column headed “Title of Event”, there shall be inserted between “British Caravan Road Rally” and “International Rally of Great Britain”, the words “Classic Run” and opposite thereto in the column headed “Promoter”, there shall be inserted the words “RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd”.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 5th October 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Scotland) Regulations 1976 which authorise certain competitions or trials (other than races or trials of speed) involving the use of motor vehicles on public roads.

In Schedule 2 to the 1976 Regulations, standard condition 14 is amended so that on a motorway the average speed of certain vehicles in an event shall not exceed 60 mph (previously 50 mph). The vehicles which will be affected can be described broadly as small passenger vehicles. Standard condition 14 is also amended so that the average speed of a motor car adapted to carry no more than 7 passengers which is towing a caravan in an event on a motorway must not exceed 50 mph.

The “specified events” contained in Schedule 3 to the 1976 Regulations is amended to include the “Classic Run” promoted by RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 52.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1976/2019, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.