1990 No. 1828
The “Zebra” Pedestrian Crossings (Amendment) Regulations 1990
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales—
- a
acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841, and
- b
acting severally, in relation to England, to Scotland and to Wales respectively, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 25 of that Act and of all other enabling powers,
and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:—
1
These Regulations may be cited as the “Zebra” Pedestrian Crossings (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 5th October 1990.
2
The “Zebra” Pedestrian Crossings Regulations 19712 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3
In Part II of Schedule 2 after paragraph 3 there shall be added—
4
Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, a globe may be fitted with—
a
a backing board designed to improve the conspicuity of the globe;
b
a shield designed to prevent or reduce light from the globe shining into adjacent properties; or
c
such a board and shield.
5
If a backing board or shield is fitted to a globe it shall—
a
be firmly secured;
b
not prevent any driver of a vehicle proceeding towards the zebra crossing in question from seeing the globe; and
c
not constitute a danger to any user of the road.
6
Any backing board shall be coloured black and may have a white border.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)