Yes, if the local authority feels that, in certain parts of the area, having higher speed limits is not safe, it has the right to reduce the speed limit to 30 miles per hour.
Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Popat
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 22 January 2015.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014.
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2014-15
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House of Lords Grand Committee
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