{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-14/part-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/362",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016",
  "path": "schedule/14/part/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Light signals to be ES compliant",
  "text": "(1) A light signal that forms part of a sign provided for in the Part 2 sign table that is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) must be ES compliant (including, subject to sub-paragraph (3), those light signals that form part of such a sign by virtue of paragraph 2).\n(2) The signs are those provided for at items 1 to 3, 5, 8 (shown in the diagram marked as “776”), 9, 15, 19 and 25.\n(3) The requirement in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to light signals for the control of tramcars (items 2 to 7 of the Part 3 sign table).\n(4) A light signal is ES compliant if the signal head, in relation to each aspect of performance in column 2 of the table below, satisfies the requirement or test specification of British Standard BS EN12368: 2015 specified in column 3 (but see sub-paragraph (5) for an exception).\n(1)\nItem\n(2)\nAspect of performance\n(3)\nRequirement or test specification and class\n1\nProtection rating\nClass IV: IP 55\n2\nOperating temperature range\nClass A\n3\nLuminous intensity\nPerformance level 3, class 2\n4\nDistribution of luminous intensity\nType M\n5\nMaximum signal phantom\nClass 5\n6\nSignal lights incorporating symbols\nClass S1\n7\nBackground screen\nthe requirement in paragraph 6.9 of the British Standard\n8\nImpact resistance\nClass IR2\n(5) A light signal that forms part of the traffic light signals provided for at item 4 of the Part 2 sign table is ES compliant if the signal head, in relation to each aspect of performance in column 2 of the table below, satisfies the requirement or test specification of British Standard BS EN12368: 2015 in column 3.\n(1)\nItem\n(2)\nAspect of performance\n(3)\nRequirement or test specification and class\n1\nProtection rating\nClass IV: IP 55\n2\nOperating temperature range\nClass A\n3\nLuminous intensity\nPerformance level 1, class 1\n4\nDistribution of luminous intensity\nType W\n5\nMaximum signal phantom\nClass 1\n6\nSignal lights incorporating symbols\nClass S1\n7\nImpact resistance\nClass IR2 or IR3",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 Pt. 1 para. 3 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Published 30th June 2015 (ISBN 9780580796159)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14/part/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:34.516500+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}