Article 13 Classification of roads etc.I1

England and Wales As made

(1)

The roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) are to be—

(a)

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

(b)

provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4^f1 (classes of traffic for purposes of special roads) to the 1980 Act.

(2)

From the date on which the undertaker notifies the Secretary of State that the roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) have been completed and are open for traffic—

(a)

the undertaker is the highway authority for those roads; and

(b)

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

(3)

The public rights of way set out in Part 2 (public rights of way) of Schedule 3 and identified on the streets, rights of way and access plans are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use on—

(a)

the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic; or

(b)

such date as soon as reasonably practicable following completion of the construction of the public right of way as may be agreed in writing between the undertaker and the local highway authority.

(4)

The maintenance accesses and private means of access specified in column (2) of Part 3 (private means of access) of Schedule 3 and identified on the streets, rights of way and access plans are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use from the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic.

(5)

The application of paragraphs (1) to (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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 13 in force at 30.9.2025, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Schedule 4 was amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 21(3) of Schedule 3 to, the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54).