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There's no "MUST", so it's not a requirement. "MUST" is an important concept in the highway code. Everything that's not a "MUST" is a guideline rather than a law, and on crossings (as on all roads), vehicles in the carriageway are supposed to cede priority to pedestrians.
https://www.gov.uk/highway-code/introduction
Many of the rules in The Highway Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words ‘MUST/MUST NOT’. In addition, the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which creates the offence. See an explanation of the abbreviations.
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Nah. It means that motor traffic along the road that the crossing crosses has priority*.
*having priority doesn't mean "the right to smash into peds who happen to be in the road", mind