Regulation 6 Light signals for lane control of vehicular traffic

Regulation 44(4) shall be amended as follows.

In sub-paragraph (a) before “the red cross” there shall be inserted “except when placed above an actively managed hard shoulder,”.

After sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(aa)

when placed over an actively managed hard shoulder the red cross shall convey to vehicular traffic that the restrictions on the use of the hard shoulder imposed by regulation 9 of the Motorways (England and Wales) Regulations or regulation 8 of the Motorways (Scotland) Regulations for the time being apply to the hard shoulder, until those restrictions are—

(i)

cancelled by the display over the actively managed hard shoulder of the sign shown in diagram 670 by means of a variable message sign; or

(ii)

superseded by the display over the actively managed hard shoulder of the sign shown in diagram 6031.1;”.