1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and “Schedule 9” means Schedule 9 to the Act.

2.—(1) The Secretary of State hereby removes from the orders for which his consent would otherwise be required by virtue of paragraph 13 or paragraph 14 of Schedule 9 any order which contains no provision falling within paragraphs (a) to (f) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 13 of Schedule 9 other than a provision—

(a)directing that a principal road shall be, or cease to be, a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of the Act; or

(b)being, in the case of an order for the purposes of section 84(1) of the Act, a provision applying to a principal road.

(2) Expressions used in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) above have the same meaning as in Schedule 9.

(3) In consequence of the preceding provisions of this article, in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 13 of Schedule 9, paragraph (c) and sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (d) shall cease to have effect.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

The 1984 Act enables local authorities to make various orders for regulating traffic, including orders regulating the speed of vehicles on roads other than trunk roads. Paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 9, however, provide that certain orders cannot be made without the consent of the Secretary of State.

Previously an order imposing, varying or cancelling a speed limit on a principal road (as defined in paragraph 19 of the Schedule), could not be made without the consent of the Secretary of State. As a result of this Order that will no longer be the case.