Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

This Order may be cited as the Urban Clearways Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 14th May 1997.

In this Order—

• “carriageway” means a way constituted or comprised in a road being a way over which the public have a right of way for the passage of vehicles but does not include a lay-by;

• “lay-by” means a surfaced area adjacent to the carriageway intended for the waiting of vehicles;

• “specified road” means the carriageway of any road or length of road specified in column 1 of Schedule 1;

• “statutory undertaker” means—

  1. (a)

     the Post Office;

  2. (b)

     the railway undertaking within the meaning of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967^f1;

  3. (c)

     an undertaking within the meaning of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1977^f2;

  4. (d)

     any body or person authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any harbour or dock undertaking.