The Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Regulations 2, 4(3)(a) and 11(1)

SCHEDULE 3 SIGNS TO INDICATE PUFFIN CROSSINGS

Signs

1.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the signs which shall be placed at or near a Puffin crossing by virtue of regulation 4(3)(a) shall consist of a combination of—

(a) vehicular light signals; and

(b) pedestrian demand units,

of the size, colour and type specified in the following provisions of this Schedule.

(2) Nothing in this Schedule shall be taken to restrict regulation 7 or 8.

Vehicular light signals

2.—(1) The vehicular light signals shall be of the size, colour and type of the signals shown in diagram 3000 in Schedule 8 to the 1997 Regulations and may be varied to the extent permitted by the 1997 Regulations.

(2) The vehicular light signals shall be illuminated in the following sequence—

(a) red;

(b) red and amber together;

(c) green;

(d) amber.

Pedestrian demand units

3.—(1) A pedestrian demand unit shall be placed at each end of a Puffin crossing.

(2) Each pedestrian demand unit shall consist of a device the principal features of which are a signal display of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 4003.1 in Schedule 9 to the 1997 Regulations and which—

(a) includes a push button or other switching device which in some way indicates to pedestrians that it has been operated; and

(b) complies with the requirements of sub-paragraph (3).

(3) The requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2) are—

(a) the signal display shall comprise a red figure and a green figure, both of which can be internally illuminated by a steady light;

(b) while one figure is illuminated the other figure is not illuminated; and

(c) the green figure is and remains illuminated only for so long as there is conveyed to vehicular traffic, by means of the red vehicular light signal prescribed by paragraph 2, a prohibition against entering the limits of the Puffin crossing at or near which the unit is displayed and at no other time.

(4) The pedestrian demand unit may incorporate a device for emitting audible or making tactile signals whilst the green figure is illuminated.

(5) Pedestrian demand units consisting of only the red and green figures or the push button and legend may be provided at a Puffin crossing in addition to pedestrian demand units.