Forth Road Bridge Act 2013

1Trunk roadsS

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(1)The length of road described in the schedule becomes a trunk road on the date this subsection comes into force.

(2)Any enactment that provides for property and liabilities to transfer to the Scottish Ministers on account of a road becoming a trunk road, does not apply to the extent that it would transfer property and liabilities from the Authority to the Scottish Ministers.

(3)Nothing in this section prevents the Scottish Ministers from detrunking the road which becomes a trunk road by virtue of subsection (1), or any part of that road, by making an order to that effect under section 5 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54).

(4)In the definition of “trunk road” in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, after “Forth Crossing Act 2011 (asp 2)” insert “ or by virtue of section 1 of the Forth Road Bridge Act 2013 (asp 8) ”.

Commencement Information

I1S. 1 in force at 1.6.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/190, art. 2