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Railway Safety Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
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Placing of signs and barriers
1.—(1) Subject to any directions under sub-paragraph (2), the operator of a railway which is crossed in any place by a private road or path may cause or permit crossing signs or barriers of a character—
(a)prescribed in regulations made by the Department, or
(b)otherwise authorised by the Department,
to be placed on or near the road or path near the crossing.
(2) The Department may give directions to the operator of a railway which is crossed in any place by a private road or path for the placing of crossing signs or barriers of a character specified in the directions on or near the road or path near the crossing.
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)the size and colour of a crossing sign and whether or not it is illuminated (by lighting or the use of reflectors or reflecting material), and
(b)the nature of the warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions conveyed by it,
shall be regarded as part of the sign’s character.
(4) Regulations under this paragraph shall be subject to negative resolution.
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