Article 3 Interpretation

• “the Act” means the Highways Act 1980^f1;

• “appointed person” means the person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold the inquiry;

• “inquiry” means any inquiry to which these Rules apply;

• “objector” means a person who has objected to the proposal in accordance with section 90C(2) of the Act and who has not withdrawn his objection;

• “road hump proposal” means a proposal to construct a road hump or a series of road humps under section 90A or 90B of the Act;

• “road hump site” means the length of highway where the road hump or series of road humps is proposed to be constructed;

and any other expression which is also used in the Act or in the Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1986 has the same meaning as in the Act or those Regulations.

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a rule or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the rule of, or Schedule to, these Rules which bears that number.