The Private Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023

Interpretation E+W+S

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2016 Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016(1);

“crossing” means a place where a railway or tramway is crossed by a relevant road;

“crossing operator” means the operator of a railway or tramway that is crossed in any place by a relevant road;

“relevant road” means—

(a)

a private road;

(b)

a private path; or

(c)

both a private road and a private path;

“retroreflecting material” means material which reflects a ray of light back towards the source of that light;

“signaller” means a person employed by a crossing operator who operates signals, and where applicable the points, on a railway or tramway or otherwise controls the movement of trains or trams.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 18.11.2023, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 2016/362. These Regulations and General Directions have been amended but those amendments are not relevant to this instrument.