The Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1000
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 28th April 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

“the 1994 Regulations ” mean the Roads (Traffic Calming) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 ;

“the 1998 Regulations ” mean the Road Humps (Scotland) Regulations 1998 .

Section 3 Amendment of the 1994 Regulations

For regulation 7 of the 1994 Regulations there shall be substituted the following:–

(7)

(1) Where a build-out, chicane, island, pinch-point, rumble device or any combination thereof is constructed in a road, the roads authority for that road shall place and maintain traffic signs in such positions as are requisite for the purpose of providing adequate warning of the presence of such calming works, unless those works are–

(a) so constructed as themselves to provide adequate visual warning for persons using the road concerned; or

(b) constructed in a road which is in a 20 miles per hour zone.

(2) In this regulation a “20 miles per hour zone” means a zone identified as being a 20 miles per hour zone by a traffic sign shown in diagram 674 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 .

Section 4 Amendment of the 1998 Regulations

For Regulation 7 of the 1998 Regulations, there shall be substituted the following:–

(7)

(1) Where a road hump is constructed on a road which is in a 20 miles per hour zone, the provisions of regulations 4, 5(1)(c) and 6 shall not apply.

(2) In this regulation a “20 miles per hour zone” means a zone identified as being a 20 miles per hour zone by a traffic sign shown in diagram 674 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.