Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the Highways Act 1980;

• “traffic sign” has the same meaning as in section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984^f1;

• “the Traffic Signs Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994^f2;

• “20 miles per hour zone” means a zone comprising one or more roads in relation to which the following conditions are satisfied–

  1. (a)

     a speed limit of 20 miles per hour applies to each road within the zone;

  2. (b)

     a traffic sign of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 674 of the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994 is placed at each entrance to the zone for vehicular traffic; and

• “EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993^f3.

A reference in these Regulations to a traffic sign is a reference to that sign, if used in Wales, with the prefix W as prescribed by the Traffic Signs (Welsh and English Language Provisions) Regulations 1985^f4.