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1. The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct–
(a)along the route described in schedule 1 to this Order (the highway along this route being in this Order referred to as “the main new trunk road”, and
(b)along the routes described in schedule 2 to this Order which connect the main new trunk road with other highways at the places stated in that schedule (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the slip roads”,
shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.
2. The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.
3. The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that–
(a)where the highway is a highway maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and
(b)where the highway is not a highway so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question,
until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. That date will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for the purpose of through traffic.
4. The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridge specified in schedule 3 to this Order as part of the main new trunk road.
5. In this Order:–
(i)“the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/EM39 marked “The (A46) Bath–Lincoln Trunk Road (Leicester Western Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1991”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3PY;
(ii)“the new trunk roads” means the main new trunk road and the slip roads and “a new trunk road” means one of those highways; and
(iii)“the trunk road” means the (A46) Bath–Lincoln Trunk Road.
6. This Order shall come into force on 27th November 1991 and may be cited as the (A46) Bath–Lincoln Trunk Road (Leicester Western Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1991.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
D. J. Morrison
Regional Director East Midlands Region,
Department of Transport
22nd October 1991
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