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The A646 Trunk Road (Halifax-M65) (Detrunking) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/3151 · Made 2 December 2003

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HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

Made 2nd December 2003

Coming into force 1st April 2004

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980f1 and now vested in him f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf:

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Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 66.

f2

S.I. 1981/238.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule THELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

1

This Order may be cited as the A646 Trunk Road (Halifax-M65) (Detrunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

2

In this Order—

(i)

“principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and

(ii)

“the trunk road” means the north of Halifax-M65 Trunk Road (A646)

3

The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this order comes into force.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Arthur Ashburner

Divisional Director, Highways Agency

2nd December 2003

Schedule THELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is situated between the A6139 at Tuel Lane at Halifax and the junction with the A679 Accrington Road/Rosegrove Lane at Burnley and is shown by broad black dashes on the plans numbered HA 10/OD/372, marked “A646 Trunk Road (Halifax-M65) (Detrunking) Order 2003” signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, and deposited at the DfT Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.