CAP. 374 GII

1989 Ed.] Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (CAP. 374

[Subsidiary]

in the case of a prescribed road marking the meaning of any such road marking shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the Figure for that marking in Schedule 2. (L.N. 22 of 1989)

(2) A prescribed road marking shall be coloured white or such other colour as may be described in Schedule 2 and may be painted on a road or, if made of any suitable material, embedded in a road or fixed to the surface of a road.

(3) The Commissioner may vary any lines or the direction of any arrow of a prescribed road marking placed under this regulation to adapt the marking to the particular circumstances of a place.

(4) A road marking may be illuminated by the incorporation of a material capable in the hours of darkness of reflecting light.

8A. Special provisions for certain road markings on private roads

(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that such road markings as are specified in that notice may be placed on or near any private road, by or with the permission in writing of the owner of that road, subject to such conditions as are specified in that notice.

(2) Where a road marking specified in a notice under subregulation (1) is placed on or near a private road in accordance with that notice then, for all purposes, such road marking shall be deemed to have been so placed in accordance with a permit issued under regulation 8(1).

(3) Without limiting the generality of conditions which may be specified in a notice under subregulation (1), such conditions may incorporate, or make reference to, any code of practice, or part thereof, prescribed under section 109(4A) of the Ordinance.

(L.N. 22 of 1989)

9. Size of traffic signs and road markings

Traffic signs erected or placed under regulation 3 and road markings placed under regulation 8, other than prescribed traffic signs or prescribed road markings, may be of such size, colour and type as the Commissioner considers appropriate.

10. Box junctions

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), no person shall drive a vehicle into a box junction unless he will be immediately able to drive the vehicle wholly out of the box junction.

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