Amendment of schedule 14
14.—(1) Schedule 14 (signs for traffic control by light signals, signs for crossings, and signs for lane control) is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 1 (provisions applying to signs in Parts 2 and 3), in paragraph 8(3)(a), for “3 seconds” substitute “not less than 3, and not more than 5, seconds”.
(3) In the table in Part 2 (light signals etc.)—
(a)at item 44 (diagram 616), for the entry in column 5, substitute “1, 2, 10”;
(b)at items 51 (diagram 1001.3) and 52 (diagram 1001.4), in column 4 of each item—
(i)in paragraph 5, for “central refuge or reservation” substitute “refuge for pedestrians or a central reservation”; and
(ii)for paragraph 6 substitute—
| “6. | Where a refuge for pedestrians or a central reservation is provided, the following markings may be placed between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the refuge or reservation— |
(a) on a one-way road, the markings provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 4 of schedule 11 (and shown in the second diagram of that item); or (b) otherwise, the markings provided for at item 23 of that sign table (and shown in the second diagram of that item)”; |
(c)at item 53 (diagram 1001.5)—
(i)in column (2), for “1001.5” substitute “Diagram 1003.5”;
(ii)in column (4), in paragraph 5, for “central refuge or reservation” substitute “refuge for pedestrians and cyclists or a central reservation”; and
(iii)in column (4), for paragraph 6 substitute—
| “6. | Where a refuge for pedestrians and cyclists or a central reservation is provided, the following markings may be placed between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the refuge or reservation— |
(a) on a one-way road, the markings provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 4 of schedule 11 (and shown in the second diagram of that item); or (b) otherwise, the markings provided for at item 23 of that sign table (and shown in the second diagram of that item)”; and |
(d)at items 58 (diagram 7011), 59 (diagram 7011.1), 60 (diagram 7011.2) and 62 (diagram 7021), in column (5) in each case omit “8”.
(4) In Part 4 (requirements applying to signs in Parts 2 and 3), in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “the 1988 Act”, in each case substitute “the Road Traffic Act 1988”.