ROAD TRAFFIC PART I THE TRAFFIC SIGNS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1989 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 18th December 1989. 2 The Traffic Signs Regulations 1981 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In regulation 7 – a in the cross heading for the words “section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1972” there shall be substituted “section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988”; b in paragraph (1) for the words “section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1972” there shall be substituted “section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988”; c in paragraph (1)(a) after “616” there shall be inserted “,629.2”; d in paragraph (2) for the words “column 5 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the said Act of 1972 in relation to section 22 thereof,” there shall be substituted “column 5 of the entry in Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 relating to offences under section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988”; and e the word “and” immediately following paragraph (2)(f) shall be omitted and after paragraph (2)(g) there shall be inserted the following words – ; and h the sign shown in the diagram numbered 629.2. . PART II THE TRAFFIC SIGNS (AMENDMENT) GENERAL DIRECTIONS 1989 1 These Directions may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment) General Directions 1989 and shall come into force on 18th December 1989. 2 The Traffic Signs General Directions 1981 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Directions. 3 In these Directions any references to a numbered direction or to a numbered paragraph of such a direction are references, respectively, to a paragraph or sub-paragraph so numbered in the Traffic Signs General Directions 1981. 4 In direction 6 for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted – 2 The sign shown in a diagram specified in an item in column 2 of the Table may be placed on or near a road in the circumstances specified in that item in column 3 of the Table notwithstanding that it does not in those circumstances indicate the effect mentioned in paragraph (1). TABLE Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Diagram Circumstances 1 606 On the central island of a roundabout or in combination with a plate of the type shown in diagram 608. 2 609 On a road approaching its junction with a dual-carriageway road or in combination with a plate of the type shown in diagram 608. 3 616, 1046 or 1047 At a site which has been approved in writing by or on behalf of the Secretary of State. 4 629.2 On – a the approach to a bridge, tunnel or similar structure which limits the height of vehicles using the road under the bridge, through the tunnel or under or through the similar structure; or b any such bridge, tunnel or similar structure. 5 712.1, 719.3A or 729.2 When including a symbol represented in – a any diagram in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Regulations; or b diagram 629.2 in Part II of that Schedule in the circumstances specified in item 4 above. 6 818.2 When placed to indicate that the prohibition indicated by the sign shown in diagram 629.2 is ahead, provided that that sign has been placed in the circumstances specified in item 4 above. 3 In this direction, “dual-carriageway road” means a length of road on which one part of the carriageway is separated from another part by a central reservation, and “central reservation” means any provision made in a road (not being the provision of a street refuge) for separating one part of the carriageway from another part for the safety and guidance of vehicular traffic using that road. . Cecil Parkinson Secretary of State for Transport. 9th November 1989 Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Scotland. 10th November 1989 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales. 16th November 1989