Paragraph 22 Placing of road markings and signs to indicate prohibitions and restrictions on waiting, loading and unloading and parking

(1)

Except where it is placed to indicate the effect of a temporary statutory provision, a sign shown in a diagram whose number appears in column (2) of an item in the Table shall not be placed except—

(a)

on or near the side of a road, and

(b)

in conjunction with, and on the same side of the road as, a road marking which is shown in a diagram and is in the form (if any) indicated in column (3) of that item.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Sign diagram number	Road marking diagram
1.	637	1018.1
2.	637.3	1018.1
3.	638	1020.1
4.	638.1	1019
5.	639	1017
6.	639.1A	1017 and 1028.4 (when no legend appears) or 1033
7.	640	1017 and 1019
8.	642.2	1027.1
9.	642.3	1018.1 and 1020.1
10.	650.1	1028.2 when indicating “TAXIS”
11.	650.2	1028.2 when indicating “TAXIS”
12.	660	1028.3 when varied to indicate “LARGE OR SLOW VEHICLES ONLY”, 1028.4 when indicating “DOCTOR” or when no legend appears, or 1033
13.	660.3	1028.4 when indicating “DOCTOR” or when no legend appears, or 1033
14.	660.4	1028.3 when varied to indicate “LOADING ONLY”, or 1033
15.	660.5	1028.4 when no legend appears, 1032 or 1033
16.	661	1028.3 or 1033 when either road marking is indicating “DISABLED” or when no legend appears
17.	661.1	1028.4 when no legend appears, 1032 or 1033
18.	661.2	1028.4 when no legend appears, 1032 or 1033
19.	662	1028.4 when no legend appears, 1032 or 1033
20.	974	1025.1 or 1025.3
21.	975	1025.1 or 1025.3 when either marking is varied to “BUS STAND”

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3) the sign shown in diagram 637.2 may be placed only on a road within a pedestrian zone where a sign shown in diagram 618.2, 618.3 or 618.3A is placed at each entrance into the zone for vehicular traffic.

(3)

The sign shown in diagram 637.2 shall not be used on a road within the pedestrian zone to which the sign relates except in conjunction with—

(a)

the road marking shown in diagram 1017 or 1018.1 unless—

(i)

the road does not comprise a carriageway and footway which are separately defined;

(ii)

the entry of vehicular traffic into the pedestrian zone is restricted at the same times as those at which the waiting of vehicles is prohibited as indicated on the upper panel of the sign in diagram 637.2; and

(iii)

the prohibition on the waiting of vehicles applies uniformly throughout every road in the zone, and

(b)

where there is a prohibition on the loading and unloading of vehicles, the road marking shown in diagram 1019 or 1020.1 unless—

(i)

the road does not comprise a carriageway and footway which are separately defined;

(ii)

the entry of vehicular traffic into the pedestrian zone is restricted at the same times as those at which the loading and unloading of vehicles is prohibited as indicated on the lower panel of the sign in diagram 637.2; and

(iii)

the prohibition on the loading and unloading of vehicles applies uniformly throughout every road in the zone.