Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016

Provision 1· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg1

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.1 (1) (1) This Part of this Instrument— (a) may be cited— (i) as the Traffic Signs General Directions 2016; and (ii) together with Part 1, as the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016; and (b) comes into force on 22nd April 2016. (2) These General Directions extend to the whole of Great Britain. Interpretation

Provision 2· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg2

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.2 (2) (1) In these General Directions, “the Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations 2016. (2) Other words and expressions used in these General Directions, which are also used in the Regulations, have the same meaning as in the Regulations. Application of general directions

Provision 3· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg3

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.3 (3) The general directions in the final Part of each of Schedules 2 to 15 apply to the signs provided for in that Schedule to the extent indicated in the Schedule. General provision about upright signs and associated plates and structure warning markings

Provision 4· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg4

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.4 (4) (1) A plate or structure warning marking may only be placed in conjunction with an upright sign with which it is associated. (2) An upright sign which has an associated plate or structure warning marking may be placed with or without that associated plate or structure warning marking. (3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to a particular sign to the extent provision is made elsewhere in these General Directions about the placing of the sign with an associated plate or structure warning marking which contradicts paragraph (2). General provision about placing of signs on vehicles

Provision 5· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg5

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.5 (5) A sign must not be placed on a vehicle except as expressly authorised by these General Directions. General provision about the removal of temporary signs

Provision 6· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg6

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.6 (6) (1) Paragraph (2) applies to a sign placed for conveying to traffic a warning, information, requirement, restriction or prohibition of a temporary nature. (2) The sign must not remain in place for longer than it is needed. (3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to a particular sign to the extent provision is made elsewhere in these General Directions about the removal of that sign. Studs that provide illumination

Provision 7· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg7

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.7 (7) (1) A stud provided for in the Regulations that incorporates reflectors, retroreflecting material, a light source or any combination may only be placed if it complies with this general direction. (2) If it incorporates reflectors or retroreflecting material, but no light source, a stud complies with this general direction if it is of a type which meets the applicable requirements and test specifications of the British Standard for retroreflecting studs. (3) The applicable requirements and test specifications of the British Standard for retroreflecting studs for a type of stud of a description in column 2 of an item in the table are those shown in column 3. (1) Item (2) Description of stud (3) British Standard requirement or te [...]

Provision 8· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg7

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.7 (4) The appropriate national authority may approve the placing of a type of stud on a road for the purpose of testing whether that type complies with the applicable requirements and test specifications of the British Standard for retroreflecting studs mentioned in paragraph (3). (5) A stud which incorporates a light source (whether or not it also incorporates reflectors or retroreflecting material) complies with this general direction if it is of a type which has been approved for use on roads by the appropriate national authority. (6) Approval under paragraph (4) or (5) must be given by a notice in writing to the supplier of the stud. (7) The notice may provide that approval is for a specified time period only. (8) A time period [...]

Provision 9· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg8

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.8 (8) (1) Where an upright sign is mounted on a post or other support specially provided for the purpose, the part of the post or support above the ground must be— (a) a single colour; or (b) the natural colour of the post or support, but paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) provide for exceptions. (2) Where the post or support is not likely to be readily visible to pedestrians, cyclists , drivers of electric scooters being used in a trial or equestrians, a yellow or white band not less than 140 mm nor more than 160 mm deep may be provided on the post with the lower edge of the band being not less than 1500 mm nor more than 1700 mm above ground level. (3) Where the support provided for a portable upright sign comprises several components, th [...]

Provision 10· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg9

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.9 (9) (1) Paragraph (2) applies to— (a) the back of an upright sign; (b) the back of any backing board; and (c) any other fitting provided for the assembly of a sign (including any container enclosing apparatus for the illumination of a sign). (2) The back or other fitting must be grey, black or in a non-reflective metallic finish. (3) Paragraphs (4) and (5) are exceptions to paragraph (2). (4) Information about sites for placing, and the ownership of, the sign, and an identification code for maintenance purposes, may be indicated on the back of the sign in characters not exceeding— (a) 25 mm in height, where they are shown in a contrasting colour; or (b) 50 mm in height, where they are embossed in the same colour. (5) Information a [...]

Provision 11· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg10

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.10 (10) Any requirement in these General Directions to comply with a specified British Standard is satisfied by compliance with— (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, which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by the British Standard specified. Special directions

Provision 12· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg11

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.11 (11) Nothing in these General Directions limits the power of the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers, by special direction under section 65(2) of the 1984 Act, to dispense with, add to or modify any of the requirements of these General Directions in their application to any particular case. Revocations

Provision 13· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg12

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.12 (12) The General Directions specified in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 19 are revoked. Saving

Provision 14· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg13

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.13 (13) (1) This general direction applies to a sign that is in place immediately before the coming into force of these General Directions which does not, but for this general direction, comply with these General Directions. (2) For so long as the way in which it is placed would have conformed with the Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings General Directions 1997 or the Traffic Signs General Directions 2002, it is to be treated as having been placed in conformity with these General Directions. Provision for review of these General Directions

Provision 15· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 (14) (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time— (a) carry out a review of these General Directions; (b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and (c) publish the report. (2) The report must in particular— (a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these General Directions; (b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and (c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation. (3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these General Directions come into force [...]

Provision 16· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 a hard shoulder along which, by virtue of regulations under section 17(2) and (3) of the 1984 Act, vehicular traffic may be driven at times for the time being indicated by signs in accordance with those regulations “administrative area” United Kingdom; England; Scotland; Wales; a county or district in England for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972; a county or county borough in Wales for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972; a local government area for the purposes of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; a London Borough; Greater London; the City of London; the Isles of Scilly “all-purpose road” a road that is not a motorway “amber light beacon” a beacon which shows an intermittent amber light and wh [...]

Provision 17· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 British Standard BS EN 1463-1: 2009 on retro reflecting road studs when read with British Standard BS EN 1463-2: 2000 on road test performance for retroreflecting road studs “bus” unless the context requires otherwise— a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver); or a local bus “bus lane” a traffic lane reserved for electric scooters being used in a trial and— buses; and where indicated on a sign, authorised vehicles, pedal cycles, electric scooters being used in a trial, solo motor cycles or taxis “carriageway” in relation to a highway in England or Wales, or a road in Scotland, a way constituting or comprised in the highway or road being a way over which the public has a righ [...]

Provision 18· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 in relation to Scotland, an area for the purposes of the 1997 Act within the meaning of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to that Act “circular sign” an upright sign which is of a circular shape “civil emergency” an emergency within the meaning of section 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 or terrorism within the meaning of section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000 “civil emergency warning or information” a warning or information about a civil emergency or the prospect of a civil emergency “congestion charging zone” an area in which the roads are designated for the purposes of a scheme for imposing charges in respect of the keeping or use of motor vehicles on roads “contraflow” a carriageway, or part of a carriageway, of a road where— traff [...]

Provision 19· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 in which at least one sign provided for at item 3 of the sign table in Part 3 of Schedule 4 has been placed on each side of every road; and in which each entrance for vehicular traffic has been indicated by a sign provided for at item 4 of the sign table in Part 3 of Schedule 5 “corresponding EEA standard” a standard, code of practice or technical specification of a kind referred to in regulation 12 which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by a British Standard “cycle lane” part of a carriageway of a road reserved for pedal cycles which is separated from the rest of the carriageway— if it may not be used by vehicles other than electric scooters being used in a trial and pedal cycles— (i) by the marking pr [...]

Provision 20· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 a traffic lane reserved, by an order under section 1, 6, 9, 14, 16A or 19 of the 1984 Act (traffic regulation orders and orders similar to traffic regulation orders), for use by such class of vehicular traffic as is, by the order, specified for the purpose of that reservation “disabled badge holder symbol” refers to this symbol: “double red lines” the road marking provided for at item 11 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 7 “double yellow kerb marking” the road marking provided for at item 3 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 7 “double yellow lines” the road marking provided for at item 1 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 7 “driver” in relation to a vehicle which is a motor cycle or pedal cycle, the person riding [...]

Provision 21· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 has a means of controlling the speed through hand controls; and has a power control that defaults to the ‘off’ position; “emergency vehicle” has the same meaning as in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989 “equestrian crossing” a place on the carriageway of a road— at which provision is made for equestrian traffic to cross the carriageway; and the presence of which is indicated by a combination of— the traffic light signals provided for at item 1, 3 or 4 of the sign table in Part 2 of Schedule 14; the signals provided for at— items 15 and 16 of that table; or the signal provided for at item 17 (whether or not placed with the signal provided for at item 18); and the road marking provided for at item 55 or 5 [...]

Provision 22· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 an area that at the time of the placing of the sign in question is not, but was, a county “hours of darkness” the time between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise “junction” a road junction “layout or character” in relation to a road, means the layout or character of the road itself and does not include the layout or character of any land or premises adjacent to the road “leisure facility” those facilities of a description in column 2 of— items 4 to 12 in Part 14 of Schedule 12; items 4, 12, 18, 34 to 38, 43, 44, 60, 63, 64 and 67 of Part 15 of Schedule 12; item 4 of Part 16 of Schedule 12; item 4 of Part 18 of Schedule 12; a tourist hostel “level crossing” a place where a road is crossed by a railway or tra [...]

Provision 23· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 in the case of an articulated vehicle, its maximum laden weight (if it has one) and otherwise the aggregate maximum laden weight of all the individual vehicles forming part of that articulated vehicle; in the case of a motor vehicle (other than an articulated vehicle) drawing one or more trailers, the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer or trailers drawn by it “maximum laden weight” in relation to a vehicle (including a vehicle which is a trailer) means— in the case of a vehicle as respects which a gross weight not to be exceeded in Great Britain is specified in construction and use requirements (as defined by section 41(7) of the Road Traffic Act 1988), the weight so specified; in the case of a ve [...]

Provision 24· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 in England and Wales (except if otherwise provided by or under regulations made under, or having effect as if made under, section 17 of the 1984 Act), can be used by traffic only of Class I or Class II as specified in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980; in Scotland, can be used by traffic only of Class I or Class II as specified in Schedule 3 to the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 “mph” miles per hour “national promoter of tourism” in relation to England, the British Tourist Authority; in relation to Scotland, VisitScotland; and in relation to Wales, Welsh Ministers “national speed limit” any prohibition imposed on a road by the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977 or by regulat [...]

Provision 25· GB, TSRGD2016, section reg14

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 reg.14 in the manner shown in the diagram at item 53 of the sign table in Part 2 of Schedule 14, has a zig-zag line, of the type provided for at that item, marked along each of its edges (with or without zig-zag lines also marked down its centre) and give way markings, of the type provided for at item 54 of that table, marked parallel to the crossing; and in or near which no other signs or markings have been placed except ones— comprised in the combination of signs and markings indicating the presence of the facility for crossing; or provided for at item— 3, 7, 8 or 10 in the sign table in Part 2 of Schedule 3; 2 or 73 in the sign table in Part 2 of Schedule 11; or 18, 28 or 33 in the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 11 “Parallel crossi [...]