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The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Procedure Regulations 1992

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Regulations 3(7) and (8), 4(3), 10(4) and (5), and 13(4) and (5).

THE SCHEDULE

PART IDISPLAY OF NOTICE OF ORDER

1.  A notice shall be displayed in a prominent position at each end of the length of road to which the order relates and at the points at which it will be necessary for vehicles or pedestrians to diverge from the road, stating the effect of the order and, where applicable, the alternative route or routes available for traffic.

2.  Each such notice shall be displayed throughout the period during which the order is in force and the traffic authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the notices remain in a legible condition and continue to be so displayed for so long as the order remains in force or are promptly replaced as often as occasion requires during that period.

PART IIDISPLAY OF NOTICE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 14 OF THE 1984 ACT

3.  In this Part of the Schedule, “the authority” in relation to a notice issued under section 14(2) of the 1984 Act, means the traffic authority or concessionaire who issued the notice.

4.  A copy of the notice shall be displayed in a prominent position at each end of the length of the road to which the notice relates and at the points at which it will be necessary for vehicles or pedestrians to diverge from the road, stating the effect of the notice and, where applicable, the alternative route or routes available for traffic.

5.  Each such notice shall be displayed throughout the period during which it is in force and the authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the notices remain in a legible condition and continue to be so displayed for so long as the notice remains in force or are promptly replaced as often as occasion requires during that period.

PART IIITRAFFIC SIGNS

6.—(1) In this Part of the Schedule, “the authority”—

(a)in relation to an order, means the traffic authority who made the order;

(b)in relation to a notice issued under section 14(2) of the 1984 Act, means the traffic authority or the concesssionaire who issued the notice.

(2) In this Part of the Schedule, a reference to an instrument is a reference to an order or notice issued under section 14(2) of the 1984 Act as applicable.

7.  The authority shall take such steps as are necessary to secure—

(a)before the instument comes into force, the placing on or near each road to which the instrument relates of such traffic signs in such positions as the authority may consider requisite for the purposes of securing that adequate information as to the effect of the instrument is made available to persons using the road;

(b)the maintenance of such signs so long as the instrument continues in force; and

(c)in a case where the instrument contains provisions suspending statutory provisions to which section 14(7) of the 1984 Act applies, such removal, replacement or covering up of existing traffic signs as the authority may consider requisite for the purpose of avoiding confusion to the users of the road.

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