Regulation 44 Mounting of the signs shown in diagrams 560 and 561F1I1
England, Wales and Scotland
The sign shown in diagram 560 or 561 shall be so placed that the top of the sign is not less than 550 nor more than 1000 millimetres above the surface of the adjacent carriageway.
Where the sign shown in diagram 560 or 561 is mounted on a post specially provided for the purpose that part of the post which extends above ground level may be—
of any single colour; or
coloured black and white in alternate horizontal bands, each band being not less than 225 nor more than 350 millimetres deep.
The signs shown in diagrams 560 and 561 shall be so erected as to display—
the colour red on the left hand edge of the carriageway as viewed by the drivers of approaching vehicles; and
the colour white on the right hand edge of the carriageway when so viewed, unless the edge is the edge of the carriageway of a dual carriageway road or a one-way road when the colour amber shall be displayed.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. 2 revoked (22.4.2016) by The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), dir. 1(1)(b), Sch. 19 Pt. 2 (with dirs. 12, 13)
Commencement
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Dir. 44 in force at 31.1.2003, see dir. 1(b)