Traffic Signs (Amendment No. 17) (Jersey) Order 2008


Traffic Signs (Amendment No. 17) (Jersey) Order 2008

Made                                                                        15th August 2008

Coming into force                                                    22nd August 2008

THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, in pursuance of Articles 72 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1], orders as follows –

1        Interpretation

In this Order “principal Order” means the Traffic Signs (Jersey) Order 1968[2].

2        Article 1 amended

In Article 1 of the principal Order after the definition of “hours of darkness” there shall be inserted the following definition –

“ ‘island-wide speed limit’ means the speed specified in Schedule 2 to the Law as the maximum speed in relation to a vehicle of the class or description there specified;”.

3        Article 7 amended

In Article 7(1) of the principal Order after the number “661,” there shall be inserted the numbers “670.1J, 671.1J”.

4        Article 28A inserted

After Article 28 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following Article –

“28A Part-time speed limits at schools

(1)     The sign shown in diagram 670.1J –

(a)     is the sign placed to indicate the presence of a part-time speed limit at a school in accordance with the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (Jersey) Order 2008[3]; and

(b)     shall display the light signal shown in the diagram whenever the speed limit displayed on the sign applies in accordance with that Order.

(2)     Each lamp of the light signal of the sign shall, when operated, show an intermittent amber light at a rate of flashing of neither less than 60 nor more than 90 flashes per minute and in such a manner that one light is always shown when the other light is not.

(3)     The sign shown in diagram 671.1J shall be displayed at the end of each section of carriageway to which the speed limit mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) applies.”.

5        Signs added to Schedule 1, Part 2

In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order, after sign 663 there shall be added the signs set out in the Schedule.

6        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment No. 17) (Jersey) Order 2008 and shall come into force 7 days after it is made.

deputy g.w.j. de faye of st. helier

Minister for Transport and Technical Services

 


SCHEDULE

(Article 6)

signs added to Schedule 1, Part 2

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Entrance to part-time speed limit at a school. Permitted variant: name of school may be varied.

(See Articles 7 and 28A)

670.1 J

 

Island-wide speed limit applies

671

 

 

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End of part-time speed limit zone at a school.  Permitted variant: sign 671 may be used in place of the 30 mile an hour speed limit sign.

(See Articles 7 and 28A)

671.1 J

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 25.550

[2]                                    chapter 25.550.68

[3]                                    R&O.101/2008


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