Article 16 Classification of roads, etc.I1

England and Wales

(1)

On and after the date on which the relevant part of the authorised development is completed and open for traffic—

(a)

the roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 4 (classification of roads, etc.) will be—

(i)

special roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as special roads;

(ii)

trunk roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as trunk roads;

(iii)

provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the 1980 Act;

and the undertaker will be the highway authority for those roads;

(b)

the roads described in Part 2 (Transport for London road network) of Schedule 4 will be—

(i)

GLA Roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 14B (order of the authority changing what are GLA roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become GLA roads; and

(ii)

Transport for London will be the highway authority for those roads;

(c)

the roads described in Part 3 (trunk roads) of Schedule 4 (classification of roads, etc.) will be trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2)^f1 (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads; and

(d)

the public rights of way described in Part 6 (other public rights of way) of Schedule 4 (classification of roads, etc.) will be of the types described in column (1) to the extent described in column (2).

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3) the undertaker may vary the classification of the roads, or any part of those roads, provided for in paragraph (1) and such variation may provide for any trunk road comprised in the authorised development and referred to in paragraph (1)(c) to be classified as a special road under paragraph (1)(a).

(3)

The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (2) unless the undertaker has—

(a)

given not less than 4 weeks’ notice in writing of the undertaker’s intention to do so to the chief officer of police and to the local highway authority in whose area the road is situated; and

(b)

published a notice, declaring the date on which that road or part of it is to be classified, not less than 7 days before that date, in at least one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the road, or as the case may be, the relevant part of it is situated and in the London Gazette.

(4)

Before exercising the powers conferred by paragraph (2) the undertaker must consult such persons as the undertaker considers necessary and appropriate and must take into consideration any representations made to the undertaker by any such person.

(5)

On and after the date on which the roads specified in Part 4 (speed limits) of Schedule 4 (classification of roads, etc.) are open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit in miles per hour specified in column (3) of that Part along the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(6)

The application of paragraphs (1) and (5) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters including by an instrument made under the 1984 Act where the matter in question could have been included in an order made under that Act.

(7)

In this article, and in Schedule 4 (classification of roads, etc.)—

“the GLA” means the Greater London Authority;
“GLA Road” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act; and
“Transport for London” means the body corporate established under section 154 of the 1999 Act, of 5 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 16 in force at 6.6.2022, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 10(2) was amended by section 22(2)(a) of the 1991 Act, and by section 1(6) of, and paragraphs 1 and 10(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015.