Traffic signsE+W
5.—(1) The Agency may for the purposes of, or in connection with the operation of, the flood gates, place or maintain on Northbridge Street, High Street and Station Road and any street giving access to them, traffic signs of a type prescribed by regulations made under section 64(1)(a) of the 1984 Act or traffic signs of a description authorised by the Secretary of State under section 64(1)(b) of that Act.
(2) The Agency must—
(a)consult with the traffic authority as to the placing of signs; and
(b)subject to paragraph (3), enter into arrangements with the traffic authority for the signs to be placed and maintained by the traffic authority.
(3) Paragraph (2)(b) only applies where the traffic authority is willing to enter into those arrangements and is subject to any directions given under section 65 of the 1984 Act.
(4) Any power conferred by section 65 of the 1984 Act to give directions to a traffic authority as to traffic signs includes a power to give directions to the Agency as to traffic signs under this article and powers conferred by paragraph (1) are exercisable subject to and in conformity with any directions given under that section.
(5) Any word or expression used both in this article and in the 1984 Act has the same meaning for the purposes of this article as it has in that Act.