STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1964 No. 1859
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Traffic Signs (School Crossing Patrols) (England and Wales) Regulations 1964
| Made | 20th November 1964 |
| Laid before Parliament | 9th December 1964 |
| Coming into Force | 1st January 1965 |
The Minister of Transport (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister ") in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 48 of the Road Traffic Act Act 1960(a)[1]. and of all other powers him enabling in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with the provisions of section 260 (2) of the said Act of 1960, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1.—(1) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st January 1965, and may be cited as the Traffic Signs (School Crossing Patrols) (England and Wales) Regulations 1964.
(2) Interpretation 1889(b)[2] shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if for the purposes of section 38 of that Act these Regulations were an Act of Parliament and the Regulations revoked by Regulation 2 of these Regulations were an Act of Parliament thereby repealed.
2. The Traffic Signs (School Crossing Patrols) Regulations 1953(c)[3] are hereby revoked in so far as they apply in England and Wales.
3. Except where the Minister authorises the use of signs of another description, every sign which is exhibited by a school crossing patrol for the purpose of stopping any vehicle or vehicles in accordance with section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 shall either
(a) be of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 1 in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations subject, however, to the provisions of Part II of that Schedule ; or
(b) until the 31st August 1965, be of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 2 in the said Part I subject, however, to the provisions of the said Part II.
Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport the 20th November 1964 .
Tom Fraser,
The Minister of Transport.
