Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
9th September 1993
Laid before Parliament
20th September 1993
Coming into force
11th October 1993
The Secretary of State for Transport, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:-“
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 11th October 1993.
2. The Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) Regulations 1969(2) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3. In regulation 8, for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph-“
"(3) Where the event is neither a Scottish event nor a cross-border event, the fee payable shall be calculated by reference to the maximum number of competing vehicles stated in the application for the authorisation of the event and shall be a fee at the rate of-“
(a)£1.00 per vehicle, for events the route of which on the public highway does not exceed 10 miles;
(b)£2.00 per vehicle, for events the route of which on the public highway exceeds 10 miles but does not exceed 100 miles;
(c)£2.70 per vehicle, for events the route of which on the public highway exceeds 100 miles but does not exceed 150 miles;
(d)£3.50 per vehicle, for events the route of which on the public highway exceeds 150 miles but does not exceed 200 miles; and
(e)£7.00 per vehicle, for events the route of which on the public highway exceeds 200 miles.".
4. In Schedule 3 (standard conditions)-“
(a)in column 3 of standard condition 5, the words "in respect of specified events" shall be omitted; and
(b)in column 1 of standard condition 14-“
(i)in paragraph (b)(i) for "50" there shall be substituted "60"; and
(ii)for sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph-“
"(iii)in the case of a vehicle constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, being a motor car adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, which is towing a caravan, 50 miles per hour in so far as the route consists of a motorway and 25 miles per hour in so far as the route consists of other roads.".
5. In Schedule 4 (specified events)-“
(a)in the column headed "Title of Event", there shall be inserted before the entry "International Rally of Great Britain." the entry "Classic Run." and opposite that entry in the column headed "Promoter" there shall be inserted the words "RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd.";
(b)in the column headed "Title of Event", opposite the words "England and Wales" in the column headed "Country in which event held", there shall be inserted before "Auto-Cycle Union National Rally." the entry "Auto-Cycle Union International Trial." and opposite that entry in the column headed "Promoter" there shall be inserted the words "Auto-Cycle Union.";
(c)in the column headed "Title of Event", there shall be inserted before the entry "Land's End Trial." the entry "International Rally." and opposite that entry in the column headed "Promoter" there shall be inserted the words "De Lacy Motor Club Ltd."; and
(d)in the column headed "Title of Event", the words "Auto-Cycle Union International Training Trial." and opposite those words in the column headed "Promoter" the words "Auto-Cycle Union" shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Key
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
3rd September 1993
John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
9th September 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1. The Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) Regulations 1969 ("the 1969 Regulations") authorise the holding of certain competitions or trials (other than races or trials of speed) involving the use of motor vehicles on highways, subject to conditions, including conditions requiring the payment of fees, imposed by or under the Regulations.
2. These Regulations amend the 1969 Regulations so as to make separate provision for, and to decrease the fee payable to the Royal Automobile Club for the authorisation of, events whose route mileage does not exceed 10 miles. The fees payable for events whose route mileage exceeds 10 miles are increased. The existing fees were set in 1982 and are listed below together with the new fees per vehicle for events.
Existing | New | |
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(a)Route mileage not exceeding 10 miles | £1.40 | £1.00 |
(b)Route mileage exceeding 10 miles but not exceeding 100 miles | £1.40 | £2.00 |
(c)Route mileage exceeding 100 miles but not exceeding 150 miles | £2.10 | £2.70 |
(d)Route mileage exceeding 15 miles but not exceeding 200 miles | £2.80 | £3.50 |
(e)Route mileage exceeding 200 miles | £5.60 | £7.00 |
3. The Regulations amend the Standard Conditions for events as follows.
(a)The RAC has power to modify Standard Condition 5 (no competitor to be dispatched from a starting point at an interval less than one minute from the dispatch of the previous competitor) in respect of all events and not just the events specified in Schedule 4 to the 1969 Regulations.
(b)Standard Condition 14 is amended so that on a motorway the average speed of certain vehicles in an event shall not exceed 60 mph (previously 50 mph). The vehicles which will be affected can broadly be described as small passenger vehicles. It is also amended so that the average speed of a motor car adapted to carry no more than 7 passengers which is towing a caravan in an event on a motorway must not exceed 50 mph.
4. The Regulations amend the Schedule of "Specified Events" to include references to the Classic Run promoted by RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd and to the International Rally promoted by De Lacy Motor Club Ltd. The Auto-Cycle Union International Training Trial is replaced by the Auto-Cycle Union International Trial, an event to be held in England and Wales.
1988 c. 52; section 13 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), Schedule 4, para. 46.