Traffic Signs (Temporary Obstructions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Part IPreliminary

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Temporary Obstructions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 26th April 1999.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1997 Regulations” means the Traffic Signs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1);

“EEA State” means a State which is a contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(2) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(3);

“flat traffic delineator” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 8;

“keep right sign” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 7;

“reflectorised” means illuminated with retroreflecting material, that is to say material which reflects a ray of light back towards the source of that light;

“road vehicle sign” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 9;

“traffic cone” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 10;

“traffic pyramid” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 11;

“traffic triangle” means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed by regulation 12; and

“warning lamp” means a traffic sign of the type prescribed by regulation 13.

(2) The dimensions indicated in the diagrams in the Schedules are all expressed in millimetres.