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 accordance with Regulation 3(2) is treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until that date, if it is a sign of the type shown in the diagram numbered 601 in Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1964,

(e) until the 31st December 1979 inclusive of that date, to the red signal when shown by the light signals which were prescribed by Regulation 31(3) of the Regulations of 1964 and which in accordance with Regulation 3(2) are treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until that date, and

(f) to any sign which in accordance with Regulation 3(2) is treated as if prescribed by these Regulations, if it is a road marking of the type shown in the diagram numbered 1013 in Schedule 2 to the Regulations of 1964 in so far as that marking conveys the requirements specified in Regulation 23(2) thereof.

(2) The signs specified hereby for the purposes of the paragraph appearing in column 5 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the said Act of 1972 in relation to section 22 thereof, are:—

(a) the sign shown in the diagram numbered 601.1,

(b) the sign shown in the diagram numbered 649,

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

(d) the road marking shown in the diagram numbered 1013.1 in so far as that marking conveys the requirements specified in Regulation 23(2),

(e) until the 31st December 1981 inclusive of that date, the sign shown in the diagram numbered 601 in Schedule 1 to the Regulations of 1964, which in accordance with Regulation 3(2) is treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until that date,

(f) until the 31st December 1979 inclusive of that date, the red signal when shown by the light signals which were prescribed by Regulation 37(3) of the Regulations of 1964 and which in accordance with Regulation 3(2) are treated as if prescribed by these Regulations until that date, and

(g) the road marking shown in the diagram numbered 1013 in Schedule 2 to the Regulations of 1964 in so far as it conveys the requirements specified in Regulation 23(2) thereof which marking is in accordance with Regulation 3(2) treated as if prescribed by these Regulations.

Variations in dimensions

8.- (1) Any variation in a dimension (other than a dimension as to the height of a letter or expressed as being the maximum or, as the case may be, minimum) specified in any of the diagrams in Schedule 1, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5 or Schedule 6, shall be treated as permitted by these Regulations if the variation-

(a) in the case of a dimension so specified as 300 millimetres or as over 300 millimetres, does not exceed 5% of that dimension,

(b) in the case of a dimension so specified as 50 millimetres or as over 50 millimetres but as under 300 millimetres, does not exceed 7.5% of that dimension, or

(c) in the case of a dimension so specified as under 50 millimetres, does not exceed 10% of that dimension.

(2) Any variation in a dimension as to the height of a letter specified in any of the diagrams in Schedule I shall be treated as permitted by these Regulations if the variation

(a) in the case of a dimension so specified as 100 millimetres or as over 100 millimetres does not exceed 5% of that dimension, or