The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 18 Permitted Expressions Of Time, Distance and Parking Restrictions

PART 1 Permitted expressions of time periods, days and dates

1.—(1) A reference to a time, or to times, of the day may be shown as, or varied to, the following—

(a) a period of time expressed as “7.30 – 9.00 am”, “7 - 9 am”, “7.30 am – 6 pm”, “4 – 7 pm”, “4.00 – 6.30 pm”, “8 pm – 6 am”, “8 pm – 6 am next day” or any other time period and which may include the expression “Midnight”, “M’night”, “Midday” or “Noon” ;

(b) “At any time”, “at any time”, “At all times”, “at all times”, “At other times”, “at other times”, “Additional times” or “additional times”;

(2) The time of day must be shown in the 12-hour clock format.

2.  A reference to a day, or to days, may be shown as, or varied to, the following—

(a) any day or days whether abbreviated or not;

(b) being preceded by “All day”, “and all day” or “& all day” as appropriate;

(c) “Mon - Sat”, “Mon, Wed & Sat” or “Sat & Sun” or any other combination of days of the week, abbreviated as appropriate;

(d) making a reference to a bank or public holiday.

3.  A reference to a month, or to months, may be shown as, or varied to, the following—

(a) any month or months whether abbreviated or not;

(b) “1 May – 30 September” or any other dates, where the month may be abbreviated.

4.  A reference to a year, or to years, may be shown as, or varied to, any year or years.

5.  The expressions “Match”, “match”, “Event”, “event”, “Market”, “market”, “Day”, “day”, “On”, “on”, any of those expressions in the plural or the expression “Next” or that expression without a capital letter may be used with any of the expressions permitted by paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate.

6.  The expressions permitted by paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 may be used in any combination as appropriate.

7.  The expressions permitted by paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 may be used with those permitted by any other paragraph in any combination as appropriate.

PART 2 Permitted expressions for parking restriction signs

1.  A restriction in relation to parking may be shown as, or varied to, the following (or an appropriate combination)—

(a) a period of time expressed as “4 hours”, “1 hour 30 minutes” or “30 minutes” with the numerals being varied as appropriate and “hours” may be abbreviated to “hrs”, “hour” may be abbreviated to “hr” and “minutes” may be abbreviated to “mins”;

(b) a limitation of time expressed as “2 hour limit” or “30 minute limit”, with the numerals being varied as appropriate and “hour” may be abbreviated to “hr” and “minutes” may be abbreviated to “mins”;

(c) “No limit”;

(d) “Max stay 1 hour” or “max stay 30 minutes”, with the numerals being varied as appropriate and “hour” may be abbreviated to “hr” and “minutes” may be abbreviated to “mins”;

(e) “No return within 2 hours”, with the numeral being varied as appropriate and “hours” may be abbreviated to “hr” or varied to “hour” or “hr”;

(f) “No return to” and the name of a zone or parking place, which may be, or include, a zone or parking place identifier;

(g) “No return to this zone”;

(h) the legend at (f) or (g) followed by “within 2 hours”, with the numeral being varied as appropriate and “hours” may be abbreviated to “hr” or varied to “hour” or “hr”.

PART 3 Permitted expressions of distance

1.  Paragraphs 2 to 6 are subject to paragraph 7.

2.  Where “10” is used as an example numeral, a distance in miles must be expressed as—

(a) “10 miles” (or, where 1 is the numeral, “1 mile”);

(b) “10 m”; or

(c) “10”.

3.  Yards must be expressed as the numeral followed by “yards” or “yds”.

4.  A distance of 3 miles or more must be expressed in miles to the nearest mile.

5.  A distance of ½ mile or more but less than 3 miles must be expressed to the nearest ¼ mile with the fractions ¾, ½ and ¼ being used.

6.  A distance of less than ½ mile must be expressed—

(a) to the nearest ¼ mile with the fractions ½ and ¼ being used; or

(b) in yards, to the nearest 10 yards

7.  Where—

(a) a sign provided for in Schedule 12 includes a distance to a junction; or

(b) is a diagram A sign provided for in Part 22 of that Schedule (services) and includes a distance,

that distance must be expressed in miles denoted by the letter “m” and must be one of the following: “2 m”, “1¾ m”, “1⅔ m”, “1½ m”, “1⅓ m”, “1¼ m”, “1 m”, “¾ m”, “⅔ m”, “½ m” or “⅓ m”.