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 road need additional signing for match days, the remainder having controls that are the same throughout the year.

Where a very short cul-de-sac is to be used for loading only, an alternative to providing loading bays, where that is not practicable, is to designate the road as a parking place for loading and unloading only. A sign based on figure 7-6 could then be erected at the entrance to the road. This is not prescribed and requires authorisation (see para 2.1).

Where the sign to diagram 639.1B is used to indicate a taxi rank shared with a parking or loading bay, the upper panel of the sign may be varied to diagram 650.2 or 650.3 (no waiting except taxis) (see paras 7.30 to 7.32). However, it cannot be varied to diagram 650.1 (no stopping except taxis) without authorisation from the Department (see para 2.1). It is not appropriate to use two separate prescribed signs, one to diagram 650.1 and the other to indicate a parking or loading bay, as the Directions do not permit both signs to be used with the same road marking. Diagram 650.1 must be used only with the marking to diagram 1028.2 (yellow taxi bay); this is not appropriate for a parking or loading bay. A new shared-use bay marking has therefore been devised for use with the authorised version of diagram 639.1B where the upper panel has been varied to diagram 650.1. This marking, which also has to be authorised by the Department, is similar to diagram 1028.3 or 1028.4 with no legend. It includes the wide yellow line alongside the kerb as prescribed for both bus stop clearways (diagram 1025.1) and the ”no stopping” taxi rank (diagram 1028.2 variant). An example of a sign and the road marking is shown in figure 7-7.

There might be some locations where a parking bay has shared use and where an appropriate combined sign is not prescribed by the Regulations, e.g. loading only and disabled badge holder parking at different times of the day. Although two separate prescribed signs could be used, it might not be possible to provide a bay marking that is common to both signs. In the case of the shared loading and disabled badge holder bay, the only common road marking is diagram 1033 when no legend appears (echelon parking with the narrower standard bay). Diagrams 1028.3 and 1032 must have the legend LOADING ONLY when used with the sign to diagram 660.4 (loading only) and this legend cannot be used with diagram 661A (disabled badge holders only). Therefore a special direction from the Department is required (see para 2.1) to allow diagram 1028.3 without any legend to be used with both diagram 660.4 and 661A. An alternative would be to apply for authorisation for a combined loading and 67