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The Traffic Signs (Temporary Obstructions) Regulations 1997
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- 1997 No. 3053
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Authorisation to place traffic signs
15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, a person who is in charge of or accompanies an emergency or a breakdown vehicle which is temporarily obstructing a road is hereby authorised to place a keep right sign for the purpose of warning vehicular traffic of the obstruction created by the vehicle and to indicate the way past the vehicle.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, any person not otherwise authorised to do so is hereby authorised to place a road vehicle sign on a vehicle or a flat traffic delineator, traffic cone, traffic pyramid, traffic triangle or warning lamp on any road for the purpose of warning traffic of a temporary obstruction in the road, other than one caused by the carrying out of works.
(3) In paragraph (1) above, the expressions “emergency vehicle” and “breakdown vehicle”have the meanings given in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989(1).
(4) The authorisations given by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation are subject to the conditions specified in regulation 16.
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S.I. 1989/1796, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
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