(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(a) [1] 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these Regulations were an Act of Parliament and the Regulations revoked by Regulation 2 were Acts of Parliament thereby repealed.
5.—(1) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Regulation or Schedule is a reference to the Regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations except where otherwise expressly provided.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a diagram by a number is a reference to the diagram of that number in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 except where otherwise expressly provided.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to any sign shown in a diagram being a diagram in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 shall be construed as including a reference to any such sign varied in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
Section II
Miscellaneous General Provisions
6. Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken to limit the powers of the Minister or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, under section 51 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 to authorise the erection or retention of traffic signs of a character not prescribed by these Regulations.
7. Section 14 of the Road Traffic Act 1960 shall apply—
(a) to signs of the type shown in any of the diagrams 601, 602, 603, 605, 606 and 610;
(b) to the red signal when shown by the light signals prescribed by Regulation 31, by Regulation 31 as varied by Regulation 32, or by Regulation 33;
(c) to the road marking shown in diagram 1013 in so far as that marking conveys the requirements specified in Regulation 23 (2);
(d) until the 31st December 1966, to any sign which in accordance with paragraph (1) of Regulation 3 is treated as if prescribed by these Regulations, if it is a sign of the type shown in any of the diagrams Nos. 204, 205, 206, 212, 213, 216 and 217 in Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1957;
(e) until the 31st December 1967, to any sign which in accordance with paragraph (3) of Regulation 3 is treated as if prescribed by these Regulations, if it is a sign of the type shown in either of the diagrams Nos. 218 and 219 in Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1957.
8.—(1) Any variation in a dimension (other than as to the height of a letter) specified in any of the diagrams in Schedule 1 , Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 shall be treated as permitted by these Regulations if the variation
(a) in the case of a dimension so specified as 12 inches or as over 12 inches, does not exceed 2½% of that dimension;
- ↑ (a) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
