New clause 7 - National speed limit for villages
Road Safety Bill
3:11 pm
'(1) The Secretary of State shall by regulations made by statutory instrument establish a national speed limit of 30 m.p.h for motor vehicles in villages.
(2) An instrument pursuant to subsection (1) shall be made not later than twelve months after this Act has received Royal Assent.
(3) For the purposes of this section, ''village'' means a settlement of 20 or more dwellings situated along not less than 600 metres of any highway.'.—[John Thurso.]
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