The M4 Motorway (Rogiet Toll Plaza, Monmouthshire) (50 mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2010

Made: 27 May 2010

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 3 June 2010

Coming into force: 24 June 2010

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[^f00001] and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2)[^f00002] of that Act, make the following Regulations.

Title and commencement

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These Regulations come into force on 24 June 2010 and their title is The M4 Motorway (Rogiet Toll Plaza, Monmouthshire) (50 mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2010.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “the motorway” means the London – South Wales Motorway (M4).

Imposition of speed limit

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No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on that area of the westbound carriageway of the motorway at Rogiet in the County of Monmouthshire which extends from a point 800 metres east of the centre line of Station Road overbridge to a point 752 metres west of the centre line of Station Road overbridge.

Revocation

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The M4 Motorway (Rogiet Toll Plaza, Monmouthshire) (50 mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2005[^f00003] are hereby revoked.

Signed

Ieuan Wyn Jones — Minister for the Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers — 27 May 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations impose a speed limit of 50 miles per hour on a specified length of the M4 Motorway in the County of Monmouthshire.

The power to make regulations under section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (except with respect to special roads generally) lies with the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. The Regulations revoke the existing 50 miles per hour speed limit imposed by the M4 Motorway (Rogiet Toll Plaza, Monmouthshire) (50 mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2005, which relate to part of the length of motorway governed by these Regulations.

The 50 miles per hour speed limit is considered an essential safety precaution to enable traffic to slow down on the approaches to the Second Severn Crossing Toll Plaza and to merge safely from the toll booths at the Plaza.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it is made for highway safety reasons and it has no impact on the costs of business.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 27. By virtue of S.I. 1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, these powers are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales.

[^f00002]: Section 134(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, section 168(1), Schedule 8, paragraph 77.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/1450 (W.113).