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Part V Traffic Signs
General provisions as to traffic signs.
— (1) In this Act “traffic sign" means any object or device (whether fixed or portable) for conveying, to traffic on roads or any specified class of traffic, warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions of any description—
specified by regulations made by the Ministers acting jointly, or
authorised by the Secretary of State,
(2) Traffic signs shall be of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulations made as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above except where the Secretary of State authorises the erection or retention of a sign of another character; and for the purposes of this subsection illumination, whether by lighting or by the use of reflectors or reflecting material, or the absence of such illumination, shall be part of the type or character of a sign.
(3) Regulations under this section may be made so as to apply either generally or in such circumstances only as may be specified in the regulations.
(4) Except as provided by this Act, no traffic sign shall be placed on or near a road except—
a notice in respect of the use of a bridge;
a traffic sign placed, in pursuance of powers conferred by a special Act of Parliament or order having the force of an Act, by the owners or operators of a tramway, light railway or trolley vehicle undertaking, a dock undertaking or a harbour undertaking; or
a traffic sign placed on any land—
(i) by a person authorised under the following provisions of this Act to place the sign on a [F1 road], and
(ii) for a purpose for which he is authorised to place it on a [F1 road].
(5) Regulations under this section, or any authorisation under subsection (2) above, may provide that [F2 section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988] (drivers to comply with traffic directions) shall apply to signs of a type specified in that behalf by the regulations or, as the case may be, to the sign to which the authorisation relates.
(6) References in any enactment (including any enactment contained in this Act) to the erection or placing of traffic signs shall include references to the display of traffic signs in any manner, whether or not involving fixing or placing.
Word in s. 64(4)(c)(i) and (ii) substituted (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 128(1), Sch. 9 para. 93(21) and substituted (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para.47; S.I. 1991/2288, art. 2(2),Sch.
Words substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 25(3)
S. 64 extended by British Railways Act 1987 (c. xxix), ss. 25, 31(1)(4)
S. 64 applied (with modifications)(6.3.1992) by Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1992 (c. ii), s. 1, Sch. s. 3(2).
S. 64 applied (with modifications) (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 25(1)(b)(3).
S. 64 applied (with modifications) (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 26(1)(b)(3).
S. 64(1): definition of traffic signs applied (S.) (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 43(3) (with ss. 47(4), 167(2)); s.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
S. 64(1)(a): amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
S. 64(1)(b)(2): transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 2, Sch. 1; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
S. 64(4) extended (11.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2714, art. 17(3)
Attributes of: 64. General provisions as to traffic signs.
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