The A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/3218
• Sections: 3

Section 1

On the operative date:

(a) each of the lengths of trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown on the deposited plan by broad striped hatching, and given the reference letter opposite its description in that schedule, shall cease to be a trunk road;

(b) the lengths of trunk road given the reference letters A and B shall each be classified as a classified road;

(c) the length of trunk road given the reference letter C shall be classified as a principal road.

Section 2

In this Order:

(a) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(b)

(i) “classified Road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purpose of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii) “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;

(iii) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/EM83 marked “The A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1993” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(iv) “the operative date” means the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Northamptonshire that the trunk road to be constructed by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) Order 1993 is open for through traffic.

Section 3

This Order shall come into force on 27th January 1994 and may be cited as the A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1993.