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Given under the Seal of the Secretary of State this fifth day of December, 1957.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation this ninth day of December, 1957.



 EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Directions, but is intended to indicate their general purport.)

These Directions amend the Traffic Signs General Directions, 1957. The main changes are:

1. It is provided in regard to certain signs which could be placed only at sites approved by the Secretary of State or the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation that this restriction shall only now apply to such of those signs as indicate the effect of an Order made by the Secretary of State or the Minister or Regulations made by the Minister.

2. The use of the carriageway marking "SLOW" to supplement direction signs erected in advance of a road junction is now permitted.

 

The Secretary of State and the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (hereinafter referred to as "the Minister" ) acting jointly in exercise of their powers under sections 48 and 59 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930(a), as read with the Transfer of Functions (Roads, Bridges and Ferries) Order , 1955(b) ,