Speed limits

​Request 759680034 

Please confirm for how many roads the speed limit has been increased since 1st January 2020, to include the date of the increase, name of the road and what the speed limit was increased from & to. 

Response 

The information requested is exempt under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as any road speed limit increases will be shown in the amendments at the end of the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (Jersey) Order 2003    

Articles applied 

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means 

(1)     Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.​

(2)     A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​​

Internal Review Request

My request has been declined under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 - Information accessible to applicant by other means.

Where a request is refused on this ground the authority must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the information may be obtained.

My request was for you to confirm how many roads the speed limit has been increased since 1st January 2020, to include the date of the increase, name of the road and what the speed limit was increased from & to.

This is not the information provided by the ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (JERSEY) ORDER 2003. Schedule 1, 2 & 3 of this law confirms the names of roads where a person must not drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 30, 20 & 15 miles per hour.

It would be much appreciated if you would revisit and respond to my request.

Internal Review Response

This internal review has been conducted by an official of appropriate seniority who has not been involved in the original decision. As part of their review, they will be expected to understand the reasons behind the original response, impartially determine whether the response should be revised, and how so, considering the request and the information held, any relevant exemptions, or other relevant matters under the Law.

The Internal Review Panel was asked to review the original response and confirm the following:

Does the FOI request relate to a body to which the Law applies, or information held by a body covered by the Law?

If the answer is no, all the other questions are not applicable.

Further questions if above is a yes:

i. Was the right information searched for and reviewed?

ii. Was the information supplied appropriately?

iii. Was information appropriately withheld in accordance with the articles applied and were the public interest test/ prejudice test properly applied?

Following discussion, it was agreed by the Panel that the decision was upheld, however, while it is possible that small sections of road may have been subject to an increased speed limit, due to an adjustment in signage as part of a wider traffic scheme, we have no record of this having occurred.

All speed limit changes are documented through the amendment of the ‘Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (Jersey) Order 2003’ (the definitive legal record of speed limits – available to view via the Jersey Legal Information Board: www.jerseylaw.je​ ) with its ‘table of legislation history’ with links to each Amending Order.​