| 59 | Special directions by the Secretary of State |
| SCHEDULE TO THE DIRECTIONS | |
| Placing of signals and other signs at signal-controlled crossing facilities | |
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 64, 65 and 85(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(a)[1] and by section 36(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(b)[2] and now vested in him(c)[3], hereby—
(a) after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and section 195(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, makes the Regulations set out in Part I of this Instrument, and
(b) gives the Directions set out in Part II.
PART I
THE TRAFFIC SIGNS REGULATIONS 2002
SECTION 1
PRELIMINARY
1. This Part of this Instrument—
(a) may be cited—
(i) as the Traffic Signs Regulations 2002, and
(ii) together with Part II below, as the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002; and
(b) shall come into force on 31st January 2003.
2. The Traffic Signs Regulations 1994[4] and the Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations 1995[5] are hereby revoked.
3.—(3) Subject to paragraph (2), any traffic sign which immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations was placed on or near a road shall be treated as prescribed by these Regulations, notwithstanding any provisions of these Regulations to the contrary, provided that—
(a) it is a sign prescribed, or to be treated as if prescribed, by the 1981 Regulations or by the 1994 Regulations; and
(b) it continues to comply with those Regulations,
as if those Regulations had not been revoked.
- ↑ (a) 1984 c.27. Section 64 was amended by the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c.54), Schedule 3, paragraph 25, the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54), Schedule 9, paragraph 93, and the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), Schedule 8, paragraph 47. Amendments were made relating to the exercise of powers under section 64 by S.I. 1999/672, 1750 and 3143. Section 65 was amended by the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Schedule 9, paragraph 93, the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42), section 153, the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Schedule 8, paragraph 48 and the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 29. Amendments were made relating to the exercise of powers under section 65 by S.I. 1999/672, 1750 and 3143. Section 85(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Schedule 8, paragraph 62 and by the Road Traffic Act 1991, Schedule 4, paragraph 30 and Schedule 8. Amendments were made relating to the exercise of powers under section 85(2) by S.I. 1999/672 and 1750.
- ↑ (b) Section 36(5) was amended by S.I. 1997/2971. Amendments were made relating to the exercise of powers under section 36(5) by S.I. 1999/672, 1750 and 3143.
- ↑ (c) S.I. 1999/3143.
- ↑ (d) Part I of S.I. 1994/1519.
- ↑ (e) Part I of S.I. 1995/3107.
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