Part 4 Miscellaneous

School crossing patrols

77 Patrolling school crossings

1

The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27) shall be amended as follows.

2

In section 26(1) (arrangements for patrolling places where children cross roads during certain periods) the words “during periods between the hours of eight in the morning and half-past five in the afternoon when children are so on their way,” are repealed.

3

After section 26(1) there shall be inserted—

1A

Arrangements under subsection (1) above may be made for patrolling places at such times as the appropriate authority think fit.

4

In section 28(1) (power to stop vehicles at school crossings)—

a

the words “between the hours of eight in the morning and half-past five in the afternoon” are repealed; and

b

for the words “children on their way to or from school, or from one part of a school to another, are” there shall be substituted “ a person is ”.

5

In section 28(2)(a) (duty to stop vehicle before reaching place where children are crossing) for the words—

a

“children are” there shall be substituted “ person is ”; and

b

“their” there shall be substituted “ his ”.

6

In section 28(5)—

a

paragraph (c) (presumption that children were on their way to school etc.); and

b

the word “and” immediately preceding it,

are repealed.