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 16. Where any excavation, whether made in connection with a tramway or light railway or otherwise, is, not clearly visible for a distance of 25 yds. to traffic approaching from any direction on any part of the carriageway of the road in which the excavation exists or of any road entering or intersecting such road, there shall be placed on the kerb, or on the edge of any such road from which the excavation is not so visible on the near-side of traffic approaching the excavation a warning notice or warning notices of the existence of such excavation, and any such notice or notices shall be placed at a distance of 25 yds., or as near thereto as may be practicable, from the excavation; provided that notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in the case of an entering or intersecting road such notice or notices shall be placed at a distance not less than 10 yds. from the junction of such road with the road in which the excavation exists.

17. All warning notices required under Regulations 15 and 16 hereof shall have a red ground and shall be clearly visible and legible by day and night, and for that purpose shall be adequately lighted by night.

18. No lamp exhibiting a light other than a red light shall be used for any purpose mentioned in this part of these Regulations other than for rendering the warning notices referred to in Regulations 15 and16 hereof clearly visible by night, provided that nothing in this part of these Regulations shall be deemed to prevent the use, in addition to the lamps provided in pursuance of this part of these Regulations of lamps showing a white light so far as may be necessary to enable work to be carried on at night.

19. If any person acts in contravention of ar fails to carry out his duty under any of the provisions of this part of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5.

20. Any person who has charge of a lamp or lamps provided in pursuance of this part of these Regulations and who fails to keep such lamp or lamps properly lighted at any time during the required period shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5.

21. The provisions of any Act (whether public, general or local, or private) bye-laws or regulations dealing with the same subject matter as this part of these Regulations, and the provisions of any Act conferring power of making bye-laws or regulations dealing with the same subject matter as this part of these Regulations, shall, so far as such provisions apply to any carriageway in any street to which this part of these Regulations apply, be suspended so long as this part of these Regulations remains in,force. Provided that nothing contained in this part of these Regulations shall exempt any person from any liability for causing any obstruction or making any excavation nor free him from any obligation imposed upon him to obtain any consents which may be necessary before making any obstruction or excavation nor from any obligation to fence or otherwise render safe any obstruction or excavation.