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(ii) into which each entrance for vehicular traffic has been indicated by the sign shown in diagram 663 or 663.1; or

(b) an area—

(i) in which at least one of the signs shown in diagram 640.2A has been placed on each side of every road; and

(ii) into which each entrance for vehicular traffic has been indicated by the sign shown in diagram 665;

"cycle lane" means a part of the carriageway of a road which—

(a) starts with the marking shown in diagram 1009; and

(b) is separated from the rest of the carriageway—

(i) if it may not be used by vehicles other than pedal cycles, by the marking shown in diagram 1049; or

(ii) if it may be used by vehicles other than pedal cycles, by the marking shown in diagram 1004 or 1004.1;

"cycle track", in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(a)[1] and, in relation to Scotland, as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984(b)[2];

"dual carriageway road" means a road which comprises a central reservation and "allpurpose dual carriageway road" means a dual carriageway road which is not a motorway;

"EEA Agreement" means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(c)[3];

"EEA Standard" means—

(a) a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State;

(b) any international standard recognised for use as a standard or code of practice by any EEA State; or

(c) a technical specification recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State,

and a reference to a "corresponding EEA Standard", in relation to a British or European Standard, is a reference to an EEA Standard which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by the British or European Standard;

"EEA State" means a State which is a contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

"enactment" includes any Act or subordinate legislation as defined in section 21(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978(d)[4];

"equestrian crossing" means a place on the carriageway of a road—

(a) where provision is made for equestrian traffic to cross the carriageway; and

(b) whose presence is indicated by a combination of—

(i) traffic light signals to control vehicular traffic of the kind prescribed by regulation 33;

(ii) the signals shown in diagrams 4003.2 and 4003.3, or the signal shown in diagram 4003.4; and

(iii) the road marking shown in diagram 1055.1 or 1055.2;

"ES compliant" in relation to signal heads shall be construed in accordance with regulation 33(5);


  1. (a) 1980 c.66.
  2. (b) 1984 c.54.
  3. (c) Cmnd 2073 and 2183.
  4. (d) 1978 c.30.

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