Paragraph 1 General provision about signs provided for in this ScheduleI1
England, Wales and Scotland
A warning, information, requirement, restriction or prohibition of a description in an item in column 2 of the sign table in Part 2 must be conveyed by a sign which—
is of the colour and type; and
complies with the requirements as to size,
provided for in the diagram in column 3 of that item, or that diagram as varied in accordance with column 4 (see paragraph 2 for further permitted variations applicable to items 1 and 3 in the table).
In the case of the description at—
item 8 (another train or tramcar may be about to pass over the crossing);
item 25 (cattle crossing ahead); and
item 41 (supervised cattle crossing ahead),
the warning is to be conveyed by both signs shown in the diagram and sub-paragraph (1) applies to each of those signs.
Where the significance of a sign, or elements of a sign, is given in this Part, the significance is to be treated as forming part of the description for that sign.
Where operating requirements for a light signal which forms part of a sign provided for in this Schedule are given in this Part, those requirements are an aspect of the type of the sign.
Where in respect of a sign provided for in the Part 2 sign table there is a number in column 5, the corresponding paragraph number in Part 4 applies to the sign in question.
Part 5 makes provision about the precedence of vehicles and pedestrians respectively, and generally with respect to the movement of traffic (including pedestrians), at and in the vicinity of section 25 crossings.
A number appearing in column 6 of an item in the Part 2 sign table means that the Schedule 14 General Direction so numbered applies to the sign to which the item relates (with Schedule 14 General Direction 1 being an interpretive provision).
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 14 Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)