This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 1995 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:

• “the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 19803;

• “the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 19914;

• “highway” has the same meaning as it has in section 328 of the 1980 Act;

• “highway authority” has the same meaning as it has in section 1 of the 1980 Act;

• “highway connected land” means land which does not form part of a highway but which has been acquired by the Secretary of State for Transport in connection with a highway under section 239(1) or (4) or section 246 of the 1980 Act or otherwise; and

• “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Transport.

In Schedule 1 to this Order, any expression used in the 1980 Act has the same meaning as it has in that Act unless the context otherwise requires.

In Schedule 2 to this Order, any expression used in the 1991 Act has the same meaning as it has in that Act unless the context otherwise requires.