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The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016

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PART 13E+W+SProvisions applying to Parts 14 to 18

1.—(1) The location of a tourist destination or leisure facility of a kind described in column 2 of an item in the sign tables in Parts 14 to 18 must be conveyed by the inclusion on a directional sign against an appropriate background of a symbol of the size, colour and type shown in—E+W+S

(a)the diagram in column 3 of the item; or

(b)that diagram varied in accordance with column 4.

(2) A symbol provided for in the sign tables in Parts 14 to 18 may be used with, or instead of, a legend giving the name, or a generic description, of the destination or facility as provided for in Part 3.

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I1Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 1 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

2.  The signs in Part 14 are to be used for destinations or facilities in England, Scotland or Wales.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 2 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

3.  The signs in Part 15 are to be used for destinations or facilities in England or Wales.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 3 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

4.  The signs in Part 16 are to be used for destinations or facilities in England.E+W+S

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I4Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 4 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

5.  The signs in Part 17 are to be used for destinations or facilities in Scotland.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 5 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

6.  The signs in Part 18 are to be used for destinations or facilities in Wales.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 6 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

7.  An appropriate background for an item in a table in Parts 14 to 18 is—E+W+S

(a)a diagram A or a diagram B background provided for at item 5, 8 or 9 of the sign table in Part 2; or

(b)a panel provided for at item 4 of the sign table in Part 9.

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 7 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

8.  Where the background of the sign is not brown—E+W+S

(a)the brown colour shown as part of the diagram for a symbol in column 3 of a sign table in Parts 14 to 18 must be varied to the background colour used; and

(b)the colour of the symbol may be varied to black to provide a contrast with the background.

Commencement Information

I8Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 8 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

9.  The sizes in the diagram are stroke widths.E+W+S

Commencement Information

I9Sch. 12 Pt. 13 para. 9 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)

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