Regulation 4 Amendments to Schedule 14

  In Schedule 14, in Part 1, after paragraph 25 insert—

“Zebra crossings placed across a minor road in the vicinity of a junction with a major road

25A

(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies where, but for this paragraph, these Regulations impose a requirement for there to be a Zebra controlled area.

(2)

Where a Zebra crossing is placed across a minor road in Wales in the vicinity of a junction with a major road, no Zebra controlled area is required and a yellow globe (provided for at item 27 of the sign table in Part 2 of this Schedule) is not required.

(3)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)

a minor road or a major road means a minor road or a major road for which the speed limit is 20 mph or lower;

(b)

a Zebra crossing is placed in the vicinity of a junction if there is a distance of no more than 5 metres between the limits of the crossing and either—

(i)

the road marking provided for at item 1 of the sign table in Part 6 of Schedule 9, or

(ii)

the nearest transverse line of the road marking provided for at item 3 of the sign table in Part 6 of Schedule 9.”