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