The M25 Motorway (Junction 5) (50 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit) Regulations 2020

Made: 14th October 2020

Laid before Parliament: 20th October 2020

Coming into force: 10th November 2020

Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the M25 Motorway (Junction 5) (50 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 10th November 2020.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “carriageway” and “motorway” have the same meaning as in the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982[^f00002];

• “M25 split” means the point at junction 5 of the M25 motorway where the clockwise carriageway divides into two separate carriageways each of two lanes;

• “M25 to M26 carriageway” means the clockwise carriageway of the M25 motorway at junction 5 beginning at the M25 split and ending at the merger with the south-westbound carriageway of the M26 motorway; and

• “the specified road” means that length of the M25 to M26 carriageway beginning at a point 486 metres south-west of the centre of the bridge carrying the road known as the A224 over the M25 motorway and ending at a point 382 metres north-east of the centre of the bridge carrying Chevening Road over the M25 motorway.

50 miles per hour speed limit

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No person shall drive a vehicle on the specified road at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Vere — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 14th October 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations introduce a 50 miles per hour speed limit on a length of the clockwise carriageway of the M25 motorway at junction 5 which merges with the south-westbound carriageway of the M26 motorway.

Contravention of these Regulations is an offence under section 17(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as no significant impact on the cost of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c.27; section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), Schedule 8, Part 2, paragraph 28(3); section 17(2)(b) was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 8; section 17(2)(d) was inserted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 25. There are other amendments to sections 17 and 134 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1982/1163, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1479, 1992/1364, 2004/3258, 2018/222.