Part III——General Directions
1. The Directions contained in this Part of this Instrument may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Speed Limits) General Directions 1969.
2.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph 8 of these Directions, there shall be erected, at or as near as practicable to the point on a road where a speed limit in force on that road begins, signs shown in diagrams 1 or 2 which indicate whether that speed limit is a maximum or minimum speed limit and what the speed limit is.
(2) One such sign shall be erected on each side of the carriageway of the road, or, where the road has more than one carriageway, on each side of each carriageway on which the speed limit begins.
(3) Where the point on a road where a speed limit in force on that road begins is a point at which it has a junction with the side of another road, and where the other road is subject either to no speed limit or to a speed limit other than that to which the first-mentioned road is subject, it shall be a sufficient compliance with this paragraph if there is erected on the first-mentioned road, not further than 20 metres from the point on that road where the speed limit in force on that road begins, a sign or signs shown in diagrams 1 or 2 which indicate whether the speed limit in force on the first-mentioned road is a maximum or a minimum speed limit and what the speed limit is.
(4) One such sign shall be erected on the side of the carriageway of the first-mentioned road being the left hand or near side when a vehicle passes from the said other road, or, where the first-mentioned road has more than one carriageway on the left hand or near side of any carriageway into which a vehicle may duly pass from the said other road.
3.—(1) Where a road has a junction with the side of another road on which a speed limit is in force and either no speed limit is in force on the first-mentioned road or a speed limit is in force on that road which is different from the speed limit in force on the other road, there shall be erected on the first-mentioned road, not further than 20 metres from the said junction, signs shown in diagrams 1 or 2 which indicate whether the speed limit in force on the said other road is a maximum or minimum speed limit and what the speed limit is.
(2) One such sign shall be erected on each side of the carriageway of the said first-mentioned road, or, where that road has more than one carriageway, on each side of each carriageway from which a vehicle may duly pass into the said other road.
(3) Where the said other road is subject to a maximum speed limit greater than that to which the said first-mentioned road is subject, sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph shall not apply if there is erected on any side of that other road, on each side of the junction and not further than 100 metres from the said junction, a sign in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of these Directions which indicates what the maximum speed limit in force on that other road is.
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