10(1)Section 10 (general provision as to trunk roads) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)(a)(i), after “Minister” insert “or a strategic highways company”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)The power to direct that a highway or proposed highway become a trunk road includes the power to direct that a strategic highways company is the highway authority for that trunk road.”
(4)In subsection (8), after “Minister” insert “or a strategic highways company”.