The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 No. 362

SCHEDULE 10 E+W+S Signs for speed limits

PART 3 E+W+S Provisions applying to signs in Part 2

2.  Where the sign is a terminal sign and is erected on a trunk or principal road within 50 metres of any lamp lit by electricity that has been placed there in order to provide illumination to users of the road, the illumination requirements for the sign are— E+W+S

(a) where the lamp is illuminated throughout the hours of darkness, the sign must be illuminated by internal or external lighting for so long as the lamp is illuminated and may also be reflectorised; or

(b) where the lamp is not illuminated throughout the hours of darkness–—

(i) the sign must be illuminated by internal or external lighting for so long as the lamp is illuminated and must also be reflectorised; or

(ii) the sign must be illuminated throughout the hours of darkness by internal or external lighting and may also be reflectorised.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 10 Pt. 3 para. 2 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)