38. Nothing in these Directions shall be taken to limit the power of the Minister or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, by any special Direction to dispense with, add to or modify any of the requirements of these Directions in their application to any particular case.
Part III
General Citation and Commencement.
This Instrument may be cited as " The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1964", and shall come into operation on the 1st January 1965.
Given under the Seal of the Secretary of State the 20th November 1964.
(L.S.)
William Ross
One of Her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.
Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport the 20th November 1964.
(L.S.)
Tom Fraser
The Minister of Transport.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Instrument, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
This Instrument in Part I re-enacts with major amendments the Traffic Signs Regulations 1957 and the amending Regulations set out in Schedule 6 to this Instrument. The Regulations in Part I introduce symbols to replace words wherever possible in traffic signs for use on roads generally, and prescribe the size, colour and type of directional and other informatory signs shown in Schedule 1, Part V, for use on motorways. Apart from these changes, other principal changes are:
1. Regulation 7 (a) applies section 14 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (which makes it an offence for drivers to fail to conform to the indication given by certain traffic signs lawfully placed on roads) to certain new types of signs.
2. Regulation 11 prescribes the significance of the "STOP" sign shown in diagram 601 in Schedule 1 and the " GIVE WAY " sign shown in diagram 602 in that Schedule.
3. Regulations 15 and 18 make more stringent provision as to the illumination of signs by lighting or by the use of reflecting material.
4. Regulation 20 and the diagrams 1015 to 1018 in Schedule 2 provide for new road markings to indicate the existence of restrictions on waiting (except for the purpose of loading or unloading) applying to vehicular traffic and that Regulation and diagrams 1019 to 1021 provide for new road markings to indicate the existence of restrictions on waiting for the purpose of loading or unloading applying to such traffic .
5. Regulation 21 prescribes a new type of road marking shown in diagram 1003 in Schedule 2 for use at road junctions and Regulation 22 prescribes the significance of this marking.
