Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 887
Road Traffic
The Cycle Racing on Highways (Tour de France 2014) Regulations 2014
Made
31st March 2014
Laid before Parliament
4th April 2014
Coming into force
1st May 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ). Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cycle Racing on Highways (Tour de France 2014) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st May 2014.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the principal Regulations” means the Cycle Racing on Highways Regulations 1960 ( 2 ); and
“the specified races” means those stages of the Tour de France 2014 which are proposed to be held in England between 1st and 31st July 2014.
Application
3. —(1) In their application to the specified races the principal Regulations are to have effect with the following modifications.
(2) In regulation 5(1)(a)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—
“ (i) the number of competitors must not exceed 220; ” ; and
(b) omit sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
31st March 2014
1988 c. 52 ; section 31 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) , Schedule 4, paragraph 49. For the definition of “prescribed” in the Road Traffic Act 1988, see section 192(1).
S.I. 1960/250 , amended by S.I. 1963/929 , S.I. 1980/1185 , S.I. 1988/215 and S.I. 1995/3241 .