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The Traffic Signs General (Amendment) Directions 1987
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1. These Directions may be cited as the Traffic Signs General (Amendment) Directions 1987 and shall come into force on 15th October 1987.
2. The Traffic Signs General Directions 1981(1) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Directions.
3. In the directions specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Directions, for the words specified in column (2) there shall be substituted the words specified in column (3).
4. In direction 36, after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“(4) The front of any backing board for a sign mounted otherwise than as described in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) shall be coloured either grey or yellow.”
5. In direction 41, after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—
“(4) When a traffic sign to which this paragraph applies is not in use, it shall display a plain grey or black face.”.
Paul Channon
Secretary of State for Transport
15th September 1987
Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Scotland
21st September 1987
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
24th September 1987
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