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Article 2 General interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

In this Order: “carriageway” means a way constituting or comprised in a highway, being a way over which the public have a right of way for the passage of vehicles;

  • “enactment” includes any subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978f1;

  • “licensed cab” has the same meaning as in the London Cab Act 1968f2;

  • “London bus service” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Transport Act 1985f3;

  • “pedestrian crossing” means a crossing for foot passengers marked on a road in accordance with regulations made under section 25 of the Road Traffic Act 1984;

  • “Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; and

  • “water authority” means a water or sewerage undertaker within the meaning of the Water Act 1989f4;

and the expressions “pedal cycle”, “school bus” and “works bus” have the same meanings as in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981f5.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1978 c. 30.

f2

1968 c. 7.

f3

1985 c. 67.

f4

1989 c. 15.

f5

S.I. 1981/859; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1982/1879.