Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1982 Regulations” means the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982(1);
“the 2002 Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002(2);
“carriageway”, “hard shoulder”, “motorway” and “verge” have the same meaning as in the 1982 Regulations;
“emergency refuge area” means a part of a motorway—
which is adjacent to and situated on the left-hand or near side of the hard shoulder or carriageway when facing in the direction in which, in accordance with regulation 6 of the 1982 Regulations, vehicles may be driven, and
whose boundary with the hard shoulder or carriageway is indicated by a marking of the type shown in diagram 1010 in Schedule 6 to the 2002 Regulations; and
“relevant roads” means the lengths of carriageway specified in Schedule 1 together with the adjacent hard shoulders, emergency refuge areas and verges.
S. I. 1982/1163, as amended by S. I. 1983/374, 1984/1479, 1992/1364 and 2004/3258.
Part 1 of S. I. 2002/3113; as amended by S. I. 2005/1670. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.