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2002 No. 143

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

  Made 10th April 2002 
  Coming into operation 20th May 2002 

The Department for Regional Development[1], in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 28(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997[2] and now exercisable by it[3] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 20th May 2002.

Amendments
    
2.  - (1) The Traffic Signs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997[4] shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (12).

    (2) In regulation 2 (interpretation  -  general) after the definition of "Pelican crossing" there shall be inserted the following definition - 

    (3) In regulation 11 (proportions and form of letters, numerals, symbols and other characters) in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) and in paragraph (4) for the words "panel of diagram 674" there shall be substituted "panels of diagrams 674 and 674.1".

    (4) In regulation 21 (buses, bus lanes and bus symbols) in paragraph (2)(b) after the first occurrence of the word "cycles" there shall be inserted ", permitted taxis".

    (5) In regulation 44 (road danger lamps) in paragraph (4) for the words "than 40" there shall be substituted "than 55".

    (6) In Schedule 2 (regulatory signs) - 



    (7) In Schedule 5 (signs for bus, tram and pedal cycle facilities) - 

    (8) In Schedule 6 (road markings) in diagrams 1028.3, 1032 and 1033 in item 2 of the tables after the words "661," there shall be inserted "661A,".

    (9) In Schedule 12 Part I (miscellaneous warning, informatory and regulatory signs for roadworks) in diagrams 7023 and 7024 in item 4 of the tables for the words "item 1" there shall be substituted "item 12".

    (10) In Schedule 12 Part III (signs for lane closures and contra-flow working at roadworks) in item 4 in the table under diagram 7299 for the words "item 1" there shall be substituted "item 12".

    (11) In Schedule 16 (permitted variants) - 

    (12) In Schedule 17 (illumination requirements) - 



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on


10th April 2002.

L.S.


J. Carlisle
A senior officer of the Department for

Regional Development



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)


These Regulations further amend the Traffic Signs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997. The principal amendments are to - 

These Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to Directive 98/34/EC of 22nd June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (O.J. No. L204, 21.07.98, p. 37-48) as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of 20th July 1998 (O.J. No. L217, 05.08.98, p. 18-26). Copies of the Directives can be obtained from The Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD.


Notes:

[1] S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(1)back

[2] S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2)back

[3] S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IVback

[4] S.R. 1997 No. 386 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 484back

[5] S.R. 1995 No. 447back

[6] 1967 c. 37 (N.I.) to which there are no relevant amendmentsback



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  © Crown copyright 2002

Prepared 26 April 2002


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