78.— (1) Section 95 (as amended by section 37 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting for subsection (3) the following:

“(3) (a) A road authority may provide in respect of public roads in their charge such information signs and warning signs as they consider desirable.

(b) A road authority may, after consultation with the Commissioner, provide in respect of public roads in their charge such regulatory signs as they consider desirable.”,

(b) by deleting subsection (4), and

(c) in subsection (5), by substituting for paragraph (a) the following:

“(5) (a) A road authority shall provide in respect of public roads in their charge such regulatory signs as may be requested by the Commissioner, in the positions indicated by him or her and shall, as respects any traffic signs so provided, carry out any periodical transfers from place to place and any alterations and removals which he or she may request.”.

(2) Regulatory signs which have been provided for or by a road authority before the commencement of this section are deemed to have been provided under section 95 of the Principal Act as amended by this section.