"stud" means a prefabricated device fixed or embedded as a mark in the carrigeway;
"temporary statutory provision" means a provision having effect under section 12 of the Act (Temporary prohibition or restriction of traffic on roads) or section 9 of the Act (which relates to experimental traffic schemes) as those sections are amended by Part IX of the Transport Act, 1968 or contained in sections 57 (traffic signs for giving effect to local traffic regulations), 58 (emergency traffic signs) or 50 (traffic signs in connection with experimental traffic schemes in London) of the Act;
"Wales" and "England" have the meanings respectively assigned to them by section 269 of the Local Government Act, 1972[1];
"works bus" means a vehicle constructed or designed to carry 12 or more passengers which has been provided by an employer for the purpose of carrying persons employed by turn or on his behalf to or from their place of employment and being used for such a purpose.
(2) Nothing in these Regulations shall have effect so as to authorise any persons not otherwise authorised to do so to place on or near the read any object or device for warning traffic of a temporary obstruction.
5.—(1) References in these Regulations to a numbered Regulation or Schedule shall unless the reference is to a regulation of, or a schedule to specified regulations be construed as references to the Regulation or schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.
(2) References in any of these Regulations to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph of a specified Regulation, be construed as references to the paragraph bearing that number in the first mentioned Regulation.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a diagram by a number is a reference to the diagram of that number in any of the Schedules to these Regulations.
(4) Any reference in these Regulations to any sign shown in a diagram being a diagram in Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 shall be construed as including a reference to any such sign varied in accordance with the provisions or these Regulations except where otherwise expressly provided.
Section II
Miscellaneous General Provisions
6. Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken to limit the powers of the Secretary of State under section 54 of the Act to authorise the erection or retention of traffic signs of a character not prescribed by these Regulations.
- ↑ 1972 c. 70
