# Urban Clearways Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) This Order may be cited as the Urban Clearways Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 14th May 1997.
(2) 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—
(a) the Post Office;
(b) the railway undertaking within the meaning of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967;
(c) an undertaking within the meaning of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;
(d) any body or person authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any harbour or dock undertaking.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/197/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/urban-clearways-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-1
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