# Infrastructure Act 2015, Section 1: Appointment of strategic highways companies


(1) The Secretary of State may by order in accordance with this Part appoint one or more companies as a highway authority.
(2) A company may only be appointed under this section if it is—
(a) limited by shares, and
(b) wholly owned by the Secretary of State.
(3) The appointment of a company terminates (in addition to termination by revocation of the order making the appointment) if the company ceases to be wholly owned by the Secretary of State.
(4) A company appointed under this section is called a “strategic highways company”.
(5) In this section, “company” means a company registered under the Companies Act 2006.
(6) Schedule 1 (which contains consequential and supplemental amendments) has effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/7/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-act-2015/section-1
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