The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations and General Directions 2017

Amendment of Schedule 14

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14.—(1) Schedule 14 is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1, in paragraph 8(3)(a), for “3 seconds” substitute “not less than 3, and not more than 5, seconds”.

(3) In the table in Part 2—

(a)at item 44, for the entry in column 5, substitute “1, 2, 10”;

(b)at items 51 and 52, in column 4 of each item—

(i)in paragraph 5, for “central refuge or reservation”, substitute “refuge for pedestrians or a central reservation”;

(ii)for paragraph 6 substitute—

6.  Where a refuge for pedestrians or a central reservation is provided, the following markings may be placed between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the refuge or reservation—

(a)on a one-way road, the markings provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 11 (and shown in the second diagram of that item); or

(b)otherwise, the markings provided for at item 23 of that sign table (and shown in the second diagram of that item);

(c)at item 53—

(i)in column 2, for “1001.5”, substitute “Diagram 1003.5”;

(ii)in column 4, in paragraph 5, for “central refuge or reservation”, substitute “refuge for pedestrians and cyclists or a central reservation”;

(iii)in column 4, for paragraph 6 substitute—

6.  Where a refuge for pedestrians and cyclists or a central reservation is provided, the following markings may be placed between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the refuge or reservation—

(a)on a one-way road, the markings provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 11 (and shown in the second diagram of that item); or

(b)otherwise, the markings provided for at item 23 of that sign table (and shown in the second diagram of that item);

(d)at items 58, 59, 60 and 62, in column 5, in each case omit “8”.

(4) In Part 4, in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “the 1988 Act”, in each case substitute “the Road Traffic Act 1988”.