Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order–

• “the Commissioners” means the Blyth Harbour Commissioners;

• “footpath” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980^f1;

• “the operative date” means, subject to article 3 below, the date fixed by the Commissioners for the extinguishment of the rights of way referred to in article 4(1) below and the creation of the alternative rights of way referred to in article 4(2) below;

• “signed plan” means the plan signed in triplicate by an Under Secretary in the Department of Transport, two copies of which have been deposited at the offices of that Department and one copy at the offices of the Commissioners at Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2AW.