Article 2

In this Order—

(1)

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

(2)

(i)

“classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes 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 main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(iii)

“the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads;

(iv)

“the plan” means the plan numbered HA/EM104, marked “The A6 Trunk Road (Rothwell and Desborough Bypass and Detrunking) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, LG12, Great Minister House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR; and

(v)

“the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and

(vi)

“the trunk road” means the A6 Trunk Road.