Variation of speed limit for naval, military and air force track-laying vehicles2

1

Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (speed limits for vehicles of certain classes) is amended as follows.

2

In the table in Part III (track-laying vehicles), after item 5 insert—

6.

A motor vehicle of a class specified in item 1 or 2 above, or in item 5 as a result of paragraph (a) of the class description of that item, which—

  1. a

    is being used for naval, military or air force purposes,

  2. b

    is being driven by persons for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown, and

  3. c

    is being used in England or Wales.

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3

In paragraph 4 of Part IV (application and interpretation)—

a

the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1);

b

after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

2

A vehicle falling in the class specified in item 6 in Part III shall be treated as falling in that class (and not as also falling in any other class).