# The Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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;
“the Traffic Signs Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994;
“20 miles per hour zone” means a zone comprising one or more roads in relation to which the following conditions are satisfied–
(a) a speed limit of 20 miles per hour applies to each road within the zone;
(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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1025/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-road-humps-regulations-1999/regulation-2
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