"retroreflecting material";
"road marking";
"route";
"school crossing place";
"secondary signals";
"sign";
"signal-controlled crossing facility";
"signal-controlled pedestrian facility";
"speed limit" and "national speed limit";
"stud";
"temporary statutory provision";
"traffic lane";
"Toucan crossing";
"variable message sign";
"Zebra crossing"; and
"zig-zag line".
Interpretation of references
4. In these Directions, unless it is expressly provided otherwise or the context otherwise requires—
(a) a reference to a numbered direction is a reference to the direction so numbered in these Directions;
(b) a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the direction in which the reference occurs;
(c) a reference to a sub-paragraph followed by a number or letter is a reference to the sub-paragraph bearing that number or letter in the direction in which the reference occurs;
(d) a reference to a numbered diagram is a reference to the diagram so numbered in a Schedule to the Regulations;
(e) a reference to a sign shown in a diagram in a Schedule to the Regulations includes a reference to that sign as varied in accordance with the Regulations;
(f) a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or to the Schedule to, the Regulations so numbered; and
(g) in any direction which includes a table, references to a table are to the table, or in the case of a numbered table to the table so numbered, in that direction.
Saving
5. Any sign, which immediately before the coming into force of these Directions was—
(a) placed on or near any road in conformity with the Traffic Signs General Directions 1994; or
(b) was by virtue of those Directions to be treated as placed in conformity with those Directions,
shall, so long as it would have continued to conform or be treated as conforming with those Directions if they had not been revoked, be treated as if placed in conformity with these Directions, notwithstanding any provision of these Directions to the contrary.
Sign to be placed only at sites approved by the Secretary of State
6. The sign shown in diagram 601.1 shall not be placed for the first time at any site except with the approval of the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales.
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