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1 30 mph speed limits can be made on roads without street lighting, to do this the local authority needs to make a legal order. A legal order can be made using section 84 and 82 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, it gives the local authority the right to make speed limits on their roads.
2. Signing and lining of 30mph speed limits is dealt with under 30m--signs and lines.
3. Following a request to make a speed limit (this can be for 20mph/30/4050mph and 60mph in the case of dual carriageway) from the public, parish council, police or other source The Council will investigate the request and if it thinks that a speed limit should be made (usually reduced) then a legal speed limit order can be progressed. Most authorities give their officers delegated powers to make this decision otherwise this is passed by a Council Committee. After consultation with the Parish Council, Police and Emergency Services a speed limit order is drafted by their legal section and an advert placed in the local paper at the start of the consultation period for one day. A public notice is erected on site for 21 days inviting comments and objections. If the order does not receive any objections, then the local authority can make the order, if it does receive objections then the objections will need resolving, The Council will explain to the objector the reasons for the speed limit and invite them to withdraw their objection. If the objection is not withdrawn then a further report will be prepared stating the reasons for the objection(s) and the officers rebuttles. In most cases the objections are overuled based on the safety benefits. A new speed limit is made legal when the order that was advertised is 'sealed' which means that an implementation date is given for the commencement for the speed limit to come into force and the signs should be in place at this time. A further advert is placed in the local newspaper stating that the order has been sealed.
4. As stated in the previous section, if a 30 mph speed limit extends beyond the system of street lighting it then requires a legal order even if that length is a few metres. 30 mph speed limits can be made by legal order where there is no street lighting at all. The details in the speed limit order will tell you the extents over which the speed limit extends and there should also be plan showing where it starts and finishes.
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