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(1)This Act applies to public roads in the United Kingdom.
Subject to subsection (2), it applies to all such roads.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order provide—
(a)that this Act does not apply to specified roads, or roads of a specified description, or
(b)that this Act applies only to specified roads, or roads of a specified description.
(3)An order under subsection (2) may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before the House of Commons and approved by a resolution of that House.
(4)In this section “public road”—
(a)in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, means a road that is repairable at public expense;
(b)in Scotland, has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (see section 151 of that Act).
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