Schedule 17 Parts 1 to 8
A new Schedule 17 replaces the previous Schedule 13 as follows:
Part 1 - 'transport medium' alphabet; for use on a sign, or parts of a sign, with a black, blue, brown, dark green, green or red background
Part 2 - 'transport heavy' alphabet; for use on a sign, or parts of a sign, with an orange, white or yellow background
Part 3 - 'motorway' alphabet; for route numbers on permanent motorway signs with a blue background
Part 4 - 'motorway' alphabet; for route numbers on temporary motorway signs with a yellow background
Part 5 - alphabet for use on variable message signs where the characters shown in Parts 1 - 4 cannot be used because of the method of construction or operation of the sign
Part 6 - alphabet for use in road markings where the character height is in the range 280 millimetres to 700 millimetres
Part 7 - alphabet for use in road markings where the character height is 1600 millimetres or where varied proportionally to a height of either 705 millimetres or 1035 millimetres in accordance with regulation 5(15)
Part 8 - alphabet for use in road markings where the character height is 2800 millimetres
Schedule 17 Parts 9 and 10
Place names may also be shown in Scottish Gaelic on boundary signs prescribed by Schedule 11 together with the following phrases preceding the place name:
- "Welcome to"
- "County of"
- "Welcome to the County of", or similar phrase
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