Article 9 Traffic signs

England and Wales

(1)

The Agency may for the purposes mentioned in articles 6 and 7 place or maintain on Warrengate Road and any street which gives access to it, or any other street with the agreement of the traffic authority, traffic signs of a type prescribed by regulations made under section 64(1)(a) of the 1984 Act or of a character authorised by the Secretary of State.

(2)

The Agency—

(a)

shall consult with the traffic authority as to the placing of signs; and

(b)

unless the traffic authority is unwilling or agrees not to do so and subject to any directions given under section 65 of the 1984 Act, shall enter into arrangements with the traffic authority for the signs to be placed and maintained by the traffic authority.

(3)

Any power conferred by section 65 of the 1984 Act to give directions to a traffic authority or local traffic authority as to traffic signs shall include a power to give directions to the Agency as to traffic signs under this article; and, accordingly, the powers conferred by paragraph (1) shall be exercisable subject to and in conformity with any directions given under that section.

(4)

Expressions used in this article and in the 1984 Act have the same meaning in this article as in that Act.