The Traffic Signs Amendment (Scotland) Regulations and General Directions 2018

Amendment of schedule 14

14.—(1) Schedule 14 (signs for traffic control by light signals, signs for crossings, and signs for lane control) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1 (provisions applying to signs in Parts 2 and 3), in paragraph 8(3)(a), for “3 seconds” substitute “not less than 3, and not more than 5, seconds”.

(3) In the table in Part 2 (light signals etc.)—

(a) at item 44 (diagram 616), for the entry in column 5, substitute “1, 2, 10”;

(b) at items 51 (diagram 1001.3) and 52 (diagram 1001.4), in column 4 of each item—

(i) in paragraph 5, for “central refuge or reservation” substitute “refuge for pedestrians or a central reservation”; and

(ii) for paragraph 6 substitute—

“6.	Where a refuge for pedestrians or a central reservation is provided, the following markings may be placed between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the refuge or reservation—
	(a) on a one-way road, the markings provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 4 of schedule 11 (and shown in the second diagram of that item); or (b) otherwise, the markings provided for at item 23 of that sign table (and shown in the second diagram of that item)”;

(c) at item 53 (diagram 1001.5)—

(i) in column (2), for “1001.5” substitute “Diagram 1003.5”;

(ii) in column (4), in paragraph 5, for “central refuge or reservation” substitute “refuge for pedestrians and cyclists or a central reservation”; and

(iii) in column (4), for paragraph 6 substitute—

“6.	Where a refuge for pedestrians and cyclists or a central reservation is provided, the following markings may be placed between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the refuge or reservation—
	(a) on a one-way road, the markings provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 4 of schedule 11 (and shown in the second diagram of that item); or (b) otherwise, the markings provided for at item 23 of that sign table (and shown in the second diagram of that item)”; and

(d) at items 58 (diagram 7011), 59 (diagram 7011.1), 60 (diagram 7011.2) and 62 (diagram 7021), in column (5) in each case omit “8”.

(4) In Part 4 (requirements applying to signs in Parts 2 and 3), in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “the 1988 Act”, in each case substitute “the Road Traffic Act 1988”.