The Secretary of State and the Minister of Transport (hereinafter referred to as "the Minister" ) acting jointly in exercise of their powers under section 51 of the Road Traffic Act 1960(a)[1] and under section 52 of the said Act of 1960, as amended by section 51 of and Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic Act 1962(b)[2] and of all other powers them 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 make the following Regulations and give the following Directions:
Part I
Traffic Signs Regulations
Section I
Preliminary
1. These Regulations may be cited as "The Traffic Signs Regulations 1964".
2. The Traffic Signs Regulations 1957(c)[3] and the Regulations amending those Regulations specified in Schedule 6 are hereby revoked, and the said Regulations of 1957 as so amended are hereinafter in these Regulations referred to as "the Regulations of 1957".
3.—(1) Any traffic sign, which immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations is situated on or near any road , if it is a sign shown in any of the diagrams Nos. 201 to 217 and 301 to 326 in Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1957 or in either of the diagrams Nos. RM1 and RM30 in Schedule 2 to those Regulations and if it then complies with the provisions relating thereto by virtue of those Regulations, shall so long as it continues to comply with the said provisions as though the same had not been revoked be treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until the 31st December 1966.
(2) Any other traffic sign, which immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations is situated on or near a primary route, if it is a sign prescribed by the Regulations of 1957 (other than a sign shown in diagram No. 327 or 401 in Schedule 1 thereto or in diagram No. RM24 in Schedule 2 thereto) but not by these Regulations and if it then complies with the provisions relating thereto by virtue of the Regulations of 1957, shall so long as it continues to comply with the said provisions as though the same had not been revoked be treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until the 31st December 1967.
(3) Any traffic sign, which immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations is in being, if it is a sign shown in any of the diagrams Nos. 159 to 165, 218 to 222 and 419 to 421 in Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1957 and if it then complies with the provisions relating thereto by virtue of those Regulations, shall so long as it continues to comply with the said provisions as though the same had not been revoked be treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until the 31st December 1967.
