PART 3STREETS

Temporary speed limits

article 16 + 16.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article and the consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the relevant traffic authority, which consent may be subject to reasonable conditions, the undertaker may, in so far as may be expedient or necessary for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised project, impose a temporary speed limit either at all times or at times, on days or during such periods, and on such highways as may be specified by the undertaker.

(2) The undertaker must not exercise the powers in paragraph (1) unless it has given not less than 4 weeks’ notice in writing of its intention so to do to the chief officer of police and to the relevant traffic authority.

(3) The temporary speed limits imposed by this Order are deemed to have been imposed by an order under the 1984 Act and—

article 16 3 a + (a)have the same effect; and

article 16 3 b + (b)may be varied by the relevant traffic authority in the same manner,

as any other speed limit imposed by an order under that Act.

(4) No temporary speed limit imposed by this Order applies to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) (regulations in relation to orders and notices under the 1984 Act) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011(a) when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations.