Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023
|
Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2004 | ||
|
52. Section 2 of the Act of 2004 is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of “built up area”: | ||
“‘chief executive’, in relation to a county council or city council, means a chief executive for the purposes of section 144 of the Local Government Act 2001 ; | ||
‘Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority’ means a person— | ||
(a) directed under section 28 (1)(b) of the Roads Act 1993 to perform the functions referred to in section 29(2) of that Act, or | ||
(b) appointed under section 29 of the Roads Act 1993 ;”, | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following definition after the definition of “Minister”: | ||
“‘national managed road’ has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993 ;”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of “Principal Act”: | ||
“‘road works speed limit’ means a speed limit applied by— | ||
(a) the chief executive of a county council or a city council under section 10, or | ||
(b) the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority under section 10A; | ||
‘road works speed limit order’ means an order made by— | ||
(a) the chief executive of a county council or a city council under section 10, or | ||
(b) the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority under section 10A; | ||
‘special speed limit’ means a speed limit specified by— | ||
(a) a county council or a city council in bye-laws under section 9, or | ||
(b) the National Roads Authority in bye-laws under section 9A; | ||
‘special speed limit bye-laws’ means bye-laws made by— | ||
(a) a county council or a city council under section 9, or | ||
(b) the National Roads Authority under section 9A;”. |