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REGULATORY SIGNS

Should the restriction or prohibition apply for a single day, or a specified time period applies for one particular day, the name of the day should appear in full (e.g. Saturday). Where a period is expressed as a number of consecutive days, the start and end days should be abbreviated and separated by a hyphen. Should the period be only two consecutive days, the hyphen may be replaced by an ampersand (&). A list of abbreviations and the appropriate horizontal spacing is shown in figure 12-2.

Where the restriction or prohibition applies for only part of the year, the appropriate dates are added to the sign. These can be expressed as specific dates, or months only, to accord with the traffic regulation order. Expressions such as "Term time" (to reflect school periods) are not permitted, but where a named day such as "Good Friday" is consistent throughout the country and familiar to road users, this may be used. References to bank or public holidays are permitted by the Regulations.

Figure 12-3 gives a list of abbreviations and shows the appropriate horizontal spaces when setting out a date and a date period.

The sequence of setting out the above information on the sign is, from top to bottom: "days", "times" and "dates". Each line is centred horizontally and the vertical gap between each element is shown in figure 12-4. Figure 12-4 also shows how to combine more than one time period.

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