Transport (Scotland) Act 2019

Equipment and signs

20 Use of equipment

(1) This section applies where a local authority has made a low emission zone scheme.

(2) The traffic authority for a road may—

(a) install and maintain, or secure the installation and maintenance of, approved devices,

(b) construct and maintain, or secure the construction and maintenance of, buildings or other structures,

on a road for use for or in connection with the operation of the scheme.

(3) The traffic authority may remove, or secure the removal of, anything installed or constructed under subsection (2).

21 Approved devices

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or about the approval of devices to be used for or in connection with the operation of a low emission zone scheme.

(2) A device may not be used for or in connection with the operation of a low emission zone scheme if—

(a) regulations under subsection (1) make provision for or about the approval of that type of device, and

(b) the device is not of a type approved by virtue of the regulations.

22 Traffic signs

(1) Where—

(a) a local authority has made a low emission zone scheme, and

(b) a traffic authority has placed, or secured the placement of, a traffic sign on or near a road in connection with the scheme,

the traffic authority for the road on which a sign has been placed must maintain, or secure the maintenance of, that sign.

(2) In subsection (1), “traffic sign” has the same meaning as in section 64(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (general provision as to traffic signs).