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64 General provisions as to traffic signs.
(1) In this Act “traffic sign” means any object or device (whether fixed or portable) for conveying, to traffic on roads or any specified class of traffic, warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions of any description—
(a) specified by regulations made by the relevant authority , or
(b) authorised by the relevant authority ,
and any line or mark on a road for so conveying such warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions.
(2) Traffic signs shall be of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulations made as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above except where the relevant authority authorises the erection or retention of a sign of another character; and for the purposes of this subsection illumination, whether by lighting or by the use of reflectors or reflecting material, or the absence of such illumination, shall be part of the type or character of a sign.
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(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Regulations under this section may be made so as to apply either generally or in such circumstances only as may be specified in the regulations.
(4) Except as provided by this Act, no traffic sign shall be placed on or near a road except—
(a) a notice in respect of the use of a bridge;
(b) a traffic sign placed, in pursuance of powers conferred by a special Act of Parliament or order having the force of an Act, by the owners or operators of a tramway, light railway or trolley vehicle undertaking, a dock undertaking or a harbour undertaking; or
(c) a traffic sign placed on any land—
(i) by a person authorised under the following provisions of this Act to place the sign on a road, and
(ii) for a purpose for which he is authorised to place it on a road.
(5) Regulations under this section, or any authorisation under subsection (2) above, may provide that section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (drivers to comply with traffic directions) shall apply to signs of a type specified in that behalf by the regulations or, as the case may be, to the sign to which the authorisation relates.
(6) References in any enactment (including any enactment contained in this Act) to the erection or placing of traffic signs shall include references to the display of traffic signs in any manner, whether or not involving fixing or placing.
(6A) In this section “"relevant authority”” means—
(a) in relation to a function so far as exercisable within devolved competence, within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998, means the Scottish Ministers;
(b) in relation to a function so far as exercisable within devolved competence, within the meaning given by section 58A(7) and (8) of the Government of Wales Act 2006, means the Welsh Ministers;
(c) otherwise, means the Secretary of State.
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Your change, as a redline
64 General provisions as to traffic signs.
(1) In this Act “traffic sign” means any object or device (whether fixed or portable) for conveying, to traffic on roads or any specified class of traffic, warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions of any description—
(a) specified by regulations made by the relevant authority , or
(b) authorised by the relevant authority ,
and any line or mark on a road for so conveying such warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions.
(2) Traffic signs shall be of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulations made as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above except where the relevant authority authorises the erection or retention of a sign of another character; and for the purposes of this subsection illumination, whether by lighting or by the use of reflectors or reflecting material, or the absence of such illumination, shall be part of the type or character of a sign.
(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Regulations under this section may be made so as to apply either generally or in such circumstances only as may be specified in the regulations.
(4) Except as provided by this Act, no traffic sign shall be placed on or near a road except—
(a) a notice in respect of the use of a bridge;
(b) a traffic sign placed, in pursuance of powers conferred by a special Act of Parliament or order having the force of an Act, by the owners or operators of a tramway, light railway or trolley vehicle undertaking, a dock undertaking or a harbour undertaking; or
(c) a traffic sign placed on any land—
(i) by a person authorised under the following provisions of this Act to place the sign on a road, and
(ii) for a purpose for which he is authorised to place it on a road.
(5) Regulations under this section, or any authorisation under subsection (2) above, may provide that section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (drivers to comply with traffic directions) shall apply to signs of a type specified in that behalf by the regulations or, as the case may be, to the sign to which the authorisation relates.
(6) References in any enactment (including any enactment contained in this Act) to the erection or placing of traffic signs shall include references to the display of traffic signs in any manner, whether or not involving fixing or placing.
(6A) In this section “"relevant authority”” means—
(a) in relation to a function so far as exercisable within devolved competence, within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998, means the Scottish Ministers;
(b) in relation to a function so far as exercisable within devolved competence, within the meaning given by section 58A(7) and (8) of the Government of Wales Act 2006, means the Welsh Ministers;
(c) otherwise, means the Secretary of State.
(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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