1. The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into operation.
2. The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.
3. The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that —
(a)where the highway is a highway maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and
(b)where the highway is not a highway so maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question,
until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for the purposes of through traffic.
4. In this Order —
(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
(2) (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2-SWM37 marked “The Bath to West of Southampton Trunk Road A36 (Beckington Bypass) Order 1987” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;
(ii)“the new trunk road” means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order; and
(iii)“the Trunk Road” means “the Bath to West of Southampton Trunk Road A36”.
5. This Order shall come into force on 8th January 1988 and may be cited as “the Bath to West of Southampton Trunk Road A36 (Beckington Bypass) Order 1987”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
G. M. Wedd
Regional Director South West Region
Department of Transport
27th November 1987