Trunk Roads Act 1936

13 Interpretation.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• " Borough " does not include a county borough;

• " Classified road " means a road classified by the Minister under the [9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 50.] Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, in Class I or Class II or any class declared by him to be not inferior to those classes for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1929;

• " County " means an administrative county;

• " Enactment " includes any order having the force of an enactment;

• " Former highway authority " means, in relation to a road which has become a trunk road, the council in whom the road was vested immediately before it became a trunk road, and includes also any council by whom the functions of maintenance and repair of that road were then exercisable;

• " Functions " includes powers and duties;

• " Improvement " has the same meaning as in Part II of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909;

• " Land " includes land covered with water and any right in, over, or under land;

• " Local authority " means the council of a county or county district;

• "Property " includes property, rights and powers of every description;

• " Proposed road " means lard upon which, in accordance with plans made or approved by the Minister, a highway authority are for the time being constructing or intending to construct a highway or part of a highway shown in the plans;

• " Road " means a highway and includes any part of a highway and any proposed road and any bridge over which a highway passes or a proposed road is intended to pass, and " trunk road " shall be construed accordingly;

• " Statutory undertakers " means any persons authorised by any public, general, or local Act or Order having the force of an Act to construct, work or carry on any railway, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, tramway, trolley vehicle, light railway, gas, electricity, water, or other public undertaking;

• " Traffic sign " has the same meaning as in section forty-eight of the Road Traffic Act, 1930.

(2) Any power conferred on the Minister by this Act to make orders shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions to vary or revoke any such order previously made.

(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to any enactment or to any provision of any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment or provision as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act.