Gateshead Speed Management Plan (SMP)
8. Legal framework
Part VI of the Road Traffic Regulation Act (RTRA) 1984 deals specifically with speed limits and sections 81-84 deal with different speed limits and the speed limit order-making process.
We will follow the processes set out in the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 when making traffic orders, which includes speed limit orders. GMBC will refer to these Regulations in full and undertake the prescribed consultation before making a new traffic order.
We, as Traffic Authority within the borough of Gateshead, will erect and maintain prescribed speed limit signs on all roads within its control in accordance with Section 85 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act (1984) and the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (2016).