Part 4

Miscellaneous

School crossing patrols

Patrolling school crossings
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1
The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27) shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 26(1) (arrangements for patrolling places where children cross roads during certain periods) the words “during periods between the hours of eight in the morning and half-past five in the afternoon when children are so on their way,” are repealed.
3
After section 26(1) there shall be inserted—
1A
Arrangements under subsection (1) above may be made for patrolling places at such times as the appropriate authority think fit.
.
4
In section 28(1) (power to stop vehicles at school crossings)—
a
the words “between the hours of eight in the morning and half-past five in the afternoon” are repealed; and
b
for the words “children on their way to or from school, or from one part of a school to another, are” there shall be substituted “ a person is ”.
5
In section 28(2)(a) (duty to stop vehicle before reaching place where children are crossing) for the words—
a
“children are” there shall be substituted “ person is ”; and
b
“their” there shall be substituted “ his ”.
6
In section 28(5)—
a
paragraph (c) (presumption that children were on their way to school etc.); and
b
the word “and” immediately preceding it,
are repealed.