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 carrying persons employed by him or on his behalf to or from their place of employment and being used for such a purpose.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, reference in these Regulations to the provisions of any enactment shall be construed as reference to those provisions as amended, re-enacted or modified by or under any subsequent enactment.

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if for the purposes of section 38 of that Act these Regulations were an Act of Parliament and the Regulations revoked by Regulation 2 were Acts of Parliament thereby repealed.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall have effect so as to authorise any persons not otherwise authorised to do so to place on or near the road any object or device for warning traffic of a temporary obstruction.

5.-(1) References in these Regulations to a numbered Regulation or Schedule shall, unless the reference is to a regulation of, or a schedule to, specified regulations, be construed as references to the Regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

(2) References in any of these Regulations to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph of a specified Regulation, be construed as references to the paragraph bearing that number in the first mentioned Regulation

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a diagram by a number is a reference to the diagram of that number in any of the Schedules to these Regulations.

(4) Any reference in these Regulations to any sign shown in a diagram being a diagram in Schedule 1, Schedule 2. Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 shall be construed as including a reference to any such sign varied in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations except where otherwise expressly provided.

SECTION II

Miscellaneous General Provisions

Authorisations by the Secretary of State

6. Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken to limit the powers of the Secretary of State under section 54 of the Act to authorise the erection or retention of traffic signs of a character not prescribed by these Regulations.

Application of section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 to signs and disqualification for offences

7.-(1) Section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 shall apply

(a) to signs of the type shown in any of the diagrams 601.1, 602, 603, 606, 610, 616 and 649, and to the sign of the type shown in diagram 602 when used in combination with that shown in diagram 602.1,

(b) to the red signal when shown by the light signals prescribed by Regulation 31, by Regulation 31 as varied by Regulation 32, or by Regulation 33,

(c) to the road marking shown in diagram 1013.1 insofar as that marking conveys the requirements specified in Regulation 23(2),

(d) until the 31st December 1981 inclusive of that date, to any sign which in