Mounting of refuge indicator lamps
45.—(1) This paragraph applies where the lamp prescribed by regulation 57 is mounted on a post specially provided for the purpose.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), if the post is placed at a zebra crossing and yellow globes are attached to the post, the part of the post between ground level and the point where the yellow globes are mounted or attached shall be coloured black and white in alternate horizontal bands and—
(a)the lowest band shall be coloured black and not less than 275 millimetres nor more than 1 metre deep; and
(b)each other band shall be not less than 275 nor more than 335 millimetres deep, and
the remaining part of the post shall be coloured in accordance with paragraph (3).
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), if the post is placed elsewhere or at a zebra crossing, but without yellow globes attached to it, the post shall be coloured grey or black but with two white bands (each band being not less than 275 nor more than 335 millimetres deep) so arranged that—
(a)not less than 275 nor more than 335 millimetres extend between the nearest edges of the two bands; and
(b)the upper edge of the uppermost band is not less than 275 nor more than 335 millimetres below the lowest part of the lamp,
and the white bands may be internally illuminated.
(4) Where the post consists of aluminium, concrete or galvanised metal it may remain in its natural colour.
(5) In this direction “yellow globes” means globes in relation to which Part I of Schedule 1 to the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations 1997(1) is complied with.
Part I of S.I. 1997/2400.