# The East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange and Highway Order 2016, Article 16: Classification of roads

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The new roads described in Part 1 of Schedule 7 (new and diverted roads) are to be—
(a) classified as set out in column (3) of Part 1 of Schedule 7 for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as such; and
(b) provided for the use of the classes of traffic defined in Schedule 4 (classes of traffic for purposes of special roads) to the 1980 Act as set out in column (4) of Part 1 of Schedule 7.
(2) From the date on which the undertaker notifies the Secretary of State that the new roads described in Part 1 of Schedule 7 have been completed and are open for through traffic—
(a) the body set out in column (5) of Part 1 of Schedule 7 is the highway authority for those roads; and
(b) the new roads identified as special roads in column (3) of Part 1 of Schedule 7 are classified as trunk roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as trunk roads.
(3) The existing roads described in Part 2 of Schedule 7 (existing roads) are to cease to have the classification and be the responsibility of the relevant highway authority set out in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 and from the occurrence of the event set out in column (4) are to be—
(a) classified as set out in column (5) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as such;
(b) provided for the use of the classes of traffic defined in Schedule 4 to the 1980 Act as set out in column (6) of Part 2 of Schedule 7; and
(c) the responsibility of the relevant highway authority set out in column (7) of Part 2 of Schedule 7,
as if such classification had been made under sections 10(2) and 12(3) of the 1980 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/17/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/east-midlands-gateway-rail-freight-interchange-and-highway-order-2016/article-16
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