The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 No. 362

SCHEDULE 4 Upright signs that control waiting, loading and parking along a road

PART 2 On-street parking control signs

Provisions applying where the sign is made up of more than one panel

23.—(1) Panels included in a sign may be placed in any vertical or horizontal combination, and need not be aligned vertically or horizontally.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (7).

(3) No more than two panels may be placed horizontally.

(4) Where panels are placed vertically to form a column they must be of the same width.

(5) No white panel may be placed above a yellow panel which is in the same column.

(6) Any white panels about loading must be above any white panels about parking places which are in the same column.

(7) Where a single panel is placed above or below two panels placed side by side, that single panel must be placed centrally in relation to the other two panels.