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The Special Road (Glan Conwy to Conwy Morfa) Regulations 1990

UK Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 1586 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
23 July 1990
In force from
Not determined
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Road traffic and vehicles
Made under
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations provide for the regulation of traffic using the lengths of the special road described in Schedules 1 and 2, from Glan Conwy to Conwy Morfa in the County of Gwynedd. Use of the adjoining lengths of the special road from Llanddulas to Colwyn Bay and Colwyn Bay to Glan Conwy is regulated by the Special Road (Llanddulas to Colwyn Bay) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/1719) and the Special Road (Colwyn Bay to Glan Conwy) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/824) respectively. Except as provided in these Regulations, the road can be used only by traffic of Classes I, II and IV, as defined in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980. The special road is not a motorway and therefore the provisions of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1163) do not apply to it. The Regulations provide that:– a except as specified in the Regulations, vehicles are to be driven only on the carriageways of the special road (Regulation 3); b unless prohibited by traffic signs, one-way driving is to be observed by vehicles using carriageways which are contiguous to a central reservation and by vehicles using lengths of carriageway which are not so contiguous in cases where traffic signs are so placed that vehicles can enter those lengths of carriageway at one end only (Regulation 4); c vehicles are not to stop on the carriageway (Regulation 5(1)); the exceptions to this prohibition being specified in Regulation 5(2) and (4); d subject to limited exceptions vehicles on the carriageways are not to reverse (Regulation 6); e vehicles may use the hard shoulders or emergency waiting areas only to the extent permitted by Regulation 5(2) and (3) (Regulation 7); f vehicles are not to be driven or to remain at rest on the central reservation (Regulation 8); g vehicles are not to be driven on the special road by learner-drivers (Regulation 9); h animals carried in a vehicle are as far as practicable to be kept in the vehicle or, if they are not in the vehicle, are not to go or remain on any part of the special road other than a hard shoulder or emergency waiting area and are to be kept under proper control (Regulation 10). Regulation 11 provides that certain classes of traffic and pedestrians not ordinarily authorised to use the special road may use the special road in the circumstances specified in paragraph (1) and also makes provision for enabling such traffic to be authorised to use the special road as specified in paragraphs (2) and (3). Regulation 12 provides for certain general exceptions from the provisions of the Regulations and authorises the Secretary of State to relax any prohibition or restriction imposed thereby. Regulation 13 imposes a 50 miles per hour speed limit on the lengths of special road described in Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations subject to the exclusions specified in Schedule 3. It is necessary to impose a specific speed limit on the special road because it is not a motorway and the provisions of the Motorways Traffic (Speed Limit) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/502) only apply to special roads which are motorways. The provisions of the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977 as continued indefinitely by the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1548) do not apply to special roads.

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