The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016

General provision about signs provided for in this Schedule

1.—(1) A warning, information, requirement, restriction or prohibition of a description in an item in column 2 of the sign table in Part 2 must be conveyed by a sign which—

(a) is of the colour and type; and

(b) complies with the requirements as to size,

provided for in the diagram in column 3 of that item, or that diagram as varied in accordance with column 4 (see paragraph 2 for further permitted variations applicable to items 1 and 3 in the table).

(2) In the case of the description at—

(a) item 8 (another train or tramcar may be about to pass over the crossing);

(b) item 25 (cattle crossing ahead); and

(c) item 41 (supervised cattle crossing ahead),

the warning is to be conveyed by both signs shown in the diagram and sub-paragraph (1) applies to each of those signs.

(3) Where the significance of a sign, or elements of a sign, is given in this Part, the significance is to be treated as forming part of the description for that sign.

(4) Where operating requirements for a light signal which forms part of a sign provided for in this Schedule are given in this Part, those requirements are an aspect of the type of the sign.

(5) Where in respect of a sign provided for in the Part 2 sign table there is a number in column 5, the corresponding paragraph number in Part 4 applies to the sign in question.

(6) Part 5 makes provision about the precedence of vehicles and pedestrians respectively, and generally with respect to the movement of traffic (including pedestrians), at and in the vicinity of section 25 crossings.

(7) A number appearing in column 6 of an item in the Part 2 sign table means that the Schedule 14 General Direction so numbered applies to the sign to which the item relates (with Schedule 14 General Direction 1 being an interpretive provision).