§ Amendment of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
- 1. The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 shall be amended in accordance with this Schedule.
- 2. In section 82(1) (restricted roads)—
- (a) after the word "if' there shall be inserted "—(a)";
- (b) for the word "street" there shall be substituted the word "carriageway";
- (c) for the words "200 yards" there shall be substituted the words "185 metres"; and
- (d) at the end there shall be inserted the following words—"; and
- (b) the road is of a classification or type specified for the purposes of this subsection in regulations made by the Secretary of State.".
- 3. In section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions)—
- (a) in subsection (4), for the word "street" there shall be substituted the word "carriageway", and for the words "200 yards" there shall be substituted the words "185 metres";
- (b) in subsection (5), for the word "street" there shall be substituted the word "carriageway"; and
- (c) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
- "(5A) In any proceedings for a contravention of section 81 of this Act, a certificate of an officer of the Secretary of State that a road is of a specified classification or type shall be sufficient evidence of the facts certified; and a document purporting to be such a certificate and to be signed by such an officer shall be deemed to be such certificate unless the contrary is shown"
- 4. In section 134(2) (provisions as to regulations), after the word "sections" there shall be inserted the words "82(1),".
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