2004 No. 1275
ROAD TRAFFIC

The Traffic Signs (Amendment) General Directions 2004

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 65 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841 hereby gives the following Directions:

Citation and commencement1.

These Directions may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment) General Directions 2004 and shall come into force on 27th May 2004.

Amendment of the Traffic Signs General Directions 20022.

(1)

Direction 42 of the Traffic Signs General Directions 20022 is amended as follows.

(2)

At the end of paragraph (5) insert “and, if coloured yellow, may be—

(a)

reflectorised;

(b)

fluorescent; or

(c)

both reflectorised and fluorescent”.

(3)

For paragraphs (6) and (7) substitute—

“(6)

Except as provided in paragraph (7), a yellow backing board for a sign shall be rectangular in shape.

(7)

A backing board for a combination of the sign shown in diagram 2402.1 with the sign shown in diagram 670 may be of any shape including rectangular.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
(This note is not part of the Directions)

These Directions amend direction 42 of the Traffic Signs General Directions 2002 (mounting and backing of signs). The amendments provide that, if the front of a backing board is coloured yellow, it may be reflectorised, fluorescent or both reflectorised and fluorescent. A yellow backing board for a combination of a sign shown in diagram 2402.1 (name of a town or village commencing immediately ahead) with a sign shown in diagram 670 (maximum speed limit in miles per hour) on the same backing board may be of any shape, including rectangular.

These Directions were notified in draft to the European Commission in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC as amended by Directive 98/48/EC. Copies of the Directive can be obtained from the Stationery Office.