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Offence of exceeding speed limit.
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11.—The following section is substituted for section 47 of the Principal Act:
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“47.—(1) A person shall not drive a mechanically propelled vehicle at a speed exceeding the speed limit—
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(a) that applies in respect of that vehicle, or
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(b) that applies to the road on which the vehicle is being driven where that speed limit is lower than that applying to that vehicle.
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(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
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(3) In this section “speed limit” means a limit which is—
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(a) an ordinary speed limit,
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(b) the built-up area speed limit,
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(c) the regional and local roads speed limit,
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(d) the national roads speed limit,
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(e) the motorway speed limit,
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(f) a special speed limit, or
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(g) a road works speed limit.”.
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