The Private Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 1996

Part I— Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Private Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, where the context so admits, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—

“crossing” means a level crossing;

“crossing operator” means an operator of a railway or tramway that is crossed in any place by a relevant road or a private path;

“relevant road” means a private road that crosses, or a private road and a private path that cross, a railway or tramway;

“retroreflecting material” means material which reflects a ray of light back towards the source of that light;

“sign” includes a road marking and a light signal;

“the 1992 Act” means the Transport and Works Act 1992;

“the 1994 Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994(1).

(2) Except where otherwise provided, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in these Regulations to a numbered diagram shall be construed as a reference to the diagram bearing that number in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1994/1519, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.