1. Information of a description in column 2 of an item in the sign table in Part 9 must be conveyed on a directional sign by a destination panel which is of the colour and type, and complies with the requirements as to size, shown in the diagram in column 3, or that diagram as varied in accordance with column 5
2. Subject to paragraph 3, the appropriate backgrounds on which a destination panel may be placed are—
(a)in the case of item 4—
(i)a diagram A background provided for at item 1, 2 or 3 of the sign table in Part 2; or
(ii)a diagram B background provided for at item 2 or 3 of that table; and
(b)in the case of each of the other items, a diagram A plate provided for in the sign table in Part 2 at the item number of that table specified in column 4 of the table in Part 9.
3. A diagram A background at item 1 of the sign table in Part 2 is not an appropriate background plate for an item in the sign table in Part 9 unless the plate is placed on an exit slip road or indicates the termination of a motorway.
4. A white border must be added around the destination panel shown by the diagram—
(a)for item 1, 7 or 8, where it appears on an appropriate background provided for at item 2 of the sign table in Part 2;
(b)for item 2, where it appears on an appropriate background provided for at item 1 of the sign table in Part 2;
(c)for item 4, 5 or 6, where it appears on an appropriate background provided for at item 1 or 2 of that table.
5.—(1) This paragraph applies to a legend on a destination panel provided for at item 2, 3 or 4 of the sign table in Part 9 where the legend is the name of a place that is a city, town, village or tourist destination.
(2) On a sign placed in Scotland, the name of the place may be written in Scottish Gaelic, in addition to English, provided the Scottish Gaelic version is shown above the English.
(3) Where the name is the same in English and Scottish Gaelic, it may be written only once on the sign in a manner which complies with the requirements of these Regulations applicable to a name written in—
(a)English; or
(b)Scottish Gaelic.
6. The sizes in the diagram are stroke widths.