The A1 Trunk Road (Lengths of A1 Carriageway between Catterick and Barton) (Detrunking) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/1831
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Lengths of A1 Carriageway between Catterick and Barton) (Detrunking) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th July 1996.

Section 2

The lengths of the A1 and connecting slip roads described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the plan shall cease to be trunk road and shall be classified as classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies North Yorkshire County Council that the Motorway and connecting roads are open for use as special roads.

Section 3

In this Order:—

(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) “the Motorway and connecting roads” means the special roads which the Secretary of State is authorised to provide by the A1 Motorway (North of Leeming to Scotch Corner Section and Connecting Roads) Scheme 1996 ;

(iii) “the A1” means the A1 Trunk Road; and

(iv) “the plan” means one of the plans numbered 1 and 2 in the folio numbered HA7/RPD 96 marked “The A1 Trunk Road (Lengths of A1 Carriageway between Catterick and Barton) (Detrunking) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, LG12, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR.