shall notwithstanding that it complies as to size, colour and type with the relevant provisions of the Regulations of 1950 or of any authorisation by the Minister or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, under section 48 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, cease to be valid.
3.—(1) In these Regulations the expression "an approved Organisation" means the Royal Automobile Club, the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, the Automobile Association or the Cyclists Touring Club.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(a)[1], shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.
(4) Any reference in these Regulations to any sign shown in the First Schedule or Second Schedule to these Regulations shall be construed as including a reference to any such sign varied in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
Section II
Miscellaneous General Provisions
4. Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken to limit the powers of the Minister or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, under section 48 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, to authorise the erection or retention of traffic signs of a character not prescribed by these Regulations. Application of s. 49 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, to signs
5. Section 49 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, shall apply to signs of the type shown in any of the diagrams Nos. 204, 205, 206, 212, 213 , 216, 217, 218 and 219 in the First Schedule to these Regulations and to the red signal when shown by the light signals prescribed either by Regulation 27, or by that Regulation as varied by Regulation 28, or by Regulation 29 of these Regulations.
6. Small circles shown in any of the diagrams in the First Schedule to these Regulations indicate reflectors , but this indication by itself shall not be taken as a requirement that reflectors must form part of the sign or any attachment thereto to which that diagram relates.
7. Any variation in a dimension specified in any of the diagrams in the First, Second or Third Schedule to these Regulations shall be treated as permitted by these Regulations if the variation
(a) in the case of a dimension so specified as over 12 inches, does not exceed 5% of that dimension;
(b) in the case of a dimension so specified as 2 inches or as over 2 inches but not as over 12 inches, does not exceed 10 % of that dimension; or
(c) in the case of a dimension so specified as under 2 inches, does not exceed 15 % of that dimension.
- ↑ (a) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
