The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations and General Directions 2017

Amendment of Schedule 3

6.—(1) Schedule 3 is amended as follows.

(2) In the table in Part 2—

(a) in the heading of the table, in column 5, for “(by reference to an item number in the Part 3 sign table)”, substitute “(by reference to a paragraph number in Part 3)”;

(b) at item 10, for the entry in column 6, substitute “1, 2, 4, 9”; and

(c) at item 27, for the description in column 2, substitute—

“Vehicles exceeding height indicated in metric and imperial units prohibited in circumstances not covered by the description in column 2 of item 5 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 2 (which relates to bridges, tunnels and other structures)”.

(3) In Part 4—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “the 1988 Act”, substitute “the Road Traffic Act 1988”; and

(b) after paragraph 8 insert—

“9.   The sign is specified for the purposes of column 5 of the entry in Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(1) relating to offences under section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(2).”

(1)

1988 c. 53.

(2)

1988 c. 52. Section 36 was amended by S.I. 1997/2971 and by the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), section 41(21) to (23).