There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
1. An upright sign for conveying a restriction or prohibition applicable to a red route must comply with the requirements as to size, colour and type provided for in this Part.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
2. The sign must consist of the top and middle panels of the sign shown in the diagram at the beginning of this Part and may also include the bottom panel shown if that is permitted under this Part.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 6 para. 2 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
3. The top panel may be varied so “RED ROUTE” appears on one line.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 6 para. 3 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
4. The middle panel may be varied to include—E+W+S
(a)a time period;
(b)“except” followed by—
(i)“buses” or “local buses”;
(ii)“in signed bays” or “in signed bay”; or
(iii)one or more of “taxis”, “ambulances”, and “police vehicles”, and where more than one of those exceptions is provided for “and” or “&” must precede the final exception;
(c)“BUS STAND” if displayed above “No stopping” and in combination with “except buses” or “except local buses”.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
5. If “except buses”, “except local buses”, “except in signed bays” or “except in signed bays” is included in the middle panel, the bottom panel as shown in the diagram at the beginning of this Part must not be included in the sign.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
6. Unless paragraph 5 applies, the sign may include a bottom panel as shown in the diagram with, beneath “Except”, one or more of the symbols in column 3 of the sign table in Part 2 (for conveying an exception as described in column 2 for the symbol at the item number in question).E+W+S
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 6 para. 6 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
7. A symbol provided for at item 4,5, 6, 8, 9, 10 or 11 of the sign table must only be used in conjunction with another symbol as indicated in column 2.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 6 para. 7 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
8. The size of the symbol must comply with the requirements shown in column 3.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
9. The bottom panel may also include a legend, to accompany the symbol, as described in column 4 of the sign table in Part 2.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 6 para. 9 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
10. The bottom panel may be varied in accordance with column 5 of the sign table in Part 2 for the item in question.E+W+S
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 6 para. 10 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
