This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Every person shall
comply with the directions of a traffic-control signal that is applicable to
him.
(2) A traffic-control
signal facing a driver and displaying —
(a) a
circular green signal is a direction that he may proceed straight ahead or,
subject to subregulation (1) of regulation 402 and
subregulations (1) and (2) of regulation 603, turn right or turn
left;
(b) a
steady circular amber signal or an amber arrow, is a direction that he may not
proceed beyond the stop line associated with the signal or the stop line of
the lane associated with the signal or in the absence of a stop line, at a
point adjacent to the nearest appropriate traffic signal, unless his vehicle
is so close to the stop line, or traffic signal, when the circular amber
signal or amber arrow first appears, that he cannot safely stop his vehicle
before passing over the stop line;
(c) a
flashing amber signal is a direction that he may proceed beyond the stop line
associated with the signal, or in the absence of a stop line at a point
adjacent to the nearest signals, if he —
(i)
does not conflict or interfere with pedestrians crossing
the roadway;
(ii)
complies with the provisions of subregulation (1) of
regulation 402, regulation 602 and subregulation (1) of
regulation 603; and
(iii)
complies with the provisions of subregulation (1) of
regulation 1620 where a member of the Police Force is in attendance
regulating traffic;
(d) a
circular red signal, alone, is a direction that, subject to
subregulation (2a), he may not proceed beyond the stop line associated
with the signal, or in the absence of a stop line at a point adjacent to the
nearest appropriate traffic signal and a red arrow signal is a direction that
he may not proceed beyond the associated stop line or traffic signal, as the
case may be, in the direction indicated by the arrow;
(da) the
letter “B” coloured white on a black background is an instruction,
where the driver is the driver of an omnibus, that he may proceed straight
ahead or, subject to subregulation (1) of regulation 402 and
subregulations (1) and (2) of regulation 603, turn right or turn
left;
(e) a
green arrow, in conjunction with a circular red or amber signal, is an
indication that oncoming traffic has been required to come to a halt and is a
direction that he may proceed, but only in the direction indicated by the
arrow.
(2a) Notwithstanding
subregulation (2) (d), a driver may turn left at an
intersection —
(a) at
which there is a traffic-control signal facing the driver and displaying a
circular red signal, alone; and
(b) at
or near which there is a traffic sign erected to face the driver that is
inscribed with the words “LEFT TURN ON RED PERMITTED AFTER
STOPPING”,
if —
(c)
before starting to make the turn, the driver —
(i)
stops his vehicle as near as possible to, but without
passing over, the stop line associated with the traffic-control signal; or
(ii)
in the absence of a stop line, stops his vehicle, without
entering the intersection, at a point adjacent to the nearest appropriate
traffic-control signal; and
(d) the
driver can make the turn with safety.
(3) The display of a
green arrow on a traffic-control signal is a direction to a driver facing it
that opposing traffic has been stopped to enable him to proceed, or that
traffic does not conflict with his proceeding, in the direction indicated by
the arrow; and, where the arrow has not come into operation, the display of a
circular green signal, alone, is a direction to a driver facing it that he may
make the turn that would otherwise be indicated by the arrow, but only if the
movement can be made with safety, in the face of oncoming traffic.
(4) Where separate
traffic-control signals are erected over each lane of a laned carriageway,
then, irrespective of the location of the centre of the carriageway with
respect to lane markings, a driver shall drive only in those lanes over which
a green signal is displayed, and shall not drive in any lane over which a red
signal is displayed.
(5) A traffic-control
signal facing a pedestrian and displaying —
(a) the
word “WALK” in green or white lettering or a symbol similar to the
illustration in the following diagram and coloured green is a direction that
he may proceed across the carriageway, irrespective of other signals
displayed;
(b) a
circular green signal unaccompanied by —
(i)
the words “DONT WALK” in red lettering; or
(ii)
a symbol similar to the illustration in the diagram
following paragraph (c) of this subregulation and coloured red,
is a direction that he
may proceed across the carriageway;
(c) the
words “DONT WALK” in red lettering or a symbol similar to the
illustration in the following diagram and coloured red, whether flashing or
steady, is a direction that he may not enter upon the carriageway,
irrespective of other signals displayed and, if the words or symbol appear
while he is on the carriageway, that he is to proceed, at once, to the nearest
footway;
(d) a
red or an amber circular signal, unaccompanied by —
(i)
the word “WALK” in green or white lettering;
or
(ii)
a symbol similar to the illustration in the diagram
following paragraph (a) of this subregulation and coloured green,
is a direction that he
shall not enter upon the carriageway and that, if he is already on the
carriageway, he is to quit it with reasonable despatch.
[Regulation 401 amended in Gazette
31 October 1975 p.4030; 14 November 1975 p.4184; (Erratum
in Gazette 21 April 1978 p.1220); amended in Gazette
10 October 1980 p.3462; 31 December 1980 p.4428;
1 May 1981 p.1375; 2 February 1982 p.399;
29 April 1983 p.1299; 11 April 1997 p.1858.]