
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the M8 Motorway (Junction 29A Off Slip Road) (40mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 29 November 2019.
(2) In these Regulations “M8 Motorway” means the M8/A8 Edinburgh-Greenock Trunk Road.
2 
A person must not drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour on the length of the M8 Motorway specified in the schedule.
3 
The speed limit imposed by regulation 2 does not apply to any—
(a) vehicle falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations,
(b) vehicle used for the purposes of Her Majesty’s Coastguard in an emergency.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd October 2019
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
That length of the M8 Motorway being the Junction 29A off slip road from a point 476 metres or thereby south-east of the entry onto the A8 Greenock Road at Craigmuir Roundabout in a north-westerly direction for a distance of 470 metres or thereby.
