Valid from 04/01/1995
[F112A Transitional power of Secretary of State as respects existing roads.S
(1)Without prejudice to section 5 of this Act, where the Secretary of State considers that it is necessary or expedient as a result of, or in connection with, the establishment of new local government areas on 1st April 1996—
(a)that any existing road should become a trunk road; or
(b)that any trunk road should cease to be a trunk road,
he may by order direct that the road shall become a trunk road or, as the case may be, shall cease to be a trunk road, as from such date as may be specified in that regard in the order.
(2)Where an order under this section directs that a road shall cease to be a trunk road, it may also direct that—
(a)as from the date specified in that regard in the order, the local roads authority for the area shall become the roads authority for the road; and
(b)the authority shall enter the road in their list of public roads.
(3)An order under this section may relate to one or more roads.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 12A-12F added (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 7(2), 38(2) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850 art. 3(a), Sch. 2