10A.—(1) The Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority may, where he or she considers it is in the interests of road safety on a national managed road, or part of a national managed road where road works are being carried out, by order apply to that road or part of it, subject to section 10C, a special limit being a speed limit of not less than 20 kilometres per hour, as the speed limit on the national managed road for mechanically propelled vehicles, in lieu of the speed limit provided or having effect under this Act in respect of the national managed road or part of it.

(2) An order under subsection (1) is in force for the duration of the road works, subject to no such order having effect for a period of more than 12 months from the date of its making.

(3) The Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority shall not make an order under subsection (1) in respect of a national managed road without giving, or causing to be given, prior written notification to the county council or city council, within whose administrative area the road works occur in writing of his or her intention to make the order.

(4) Before making an order under subsection (1) the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority shall notify the Commissioner in writing of his or her intention to make the order.

(5) The Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority shall consider any representations made by the Commissioner in writing and in such manner as the Minister may prescribe received by the Chief Executive within 1 month, or such other period as the Minister may prescribe in relation to the type of road and type of road works concerned, of the notification under subsection (4).

(6) When the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority makes an order under subsection (1), he or she shall publish a notice—

(a) in one or more newspapers circulating in the county council or city council to which the order relates, or

(b) in such other manner as the Minister may prescribe in relation to the type of road and type of road works concerned,

indicating the location where the order will have effect, the period for which it will have effect and the speed limit being applied through the order.

(7) The Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority shall have regard to any representations that are made to him or her in relation to the order made under subsection (1) prior to making such an order.

(8) The Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority may at any time within the period specified in subsection (2) revoke or amend an order made by him or her under subsection (1).

(9) A document which purports to be a copy of an order made under subsection (1) which has endorsed on it a certificate purporting to be signed by the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority or an officer of the National Roads Authority designated by the Chief Executive stating that the document is a true copy of the order and that the order was in force on a specified day, shall, without proof of the signature of the Chief Executive, or the officer or that he or she was in fact the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority, or such officer, be evidence, until the contrary is shown, in every court and in all legal proceedings, of the order and of the fact that it was in force on that date.]