OpenLegislation

Regulation 25 Amendment of regulation 53F1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Regulation 53 (temporary signs) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

after sub-paragraph (e)(iv), omit “or”; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (f), insert—

“or

(g)

warnings, or information, about—

(i)

a civil emergency; or

(ii)

the prospect of a civil emergency.”.

(3)

After paragraph (6), insert—

“(7)

In this regulation, “a civil emergency” means—

(a)

an emergency within the meaning of section 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004f1; or

(b)

terrorism within the meaning of section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000f2.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 1 revoked (22.4.2016) by The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 19 Pt. 1 (with regs. 4, 14, 15)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 25 in force at 30.1.2012, see reg. 1(1)(c)

Footnotes

f1

2004 c.36.

f2

2000 c.11. Section 1(1)(b) was amended by section 34(a) of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c.11). Section 1(1)(c) was amended by section 75(1) and (2)(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c.28).