1.  The lengths of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be trunk road and shall be classified as classified roads as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Cornwall that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

2.  In this Order—

(1)  all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2) (i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/2 SWM 49 marked“The London-Penzance Trunk Road A30 (Penhale to Carland Cross Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1988”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(iii) “the new trunk road” means the main trunk roads as defined in 1(a) of the London-Penzance Trunk Road A30 (Penhale to Carland Cross Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1988(1), and

(iv) “the trunk road” means the London-Penzance Trunk Road (A30).

3.  This Order shall come into force on 4th August 1988 and may be cited as the London-Penzance Trunk Road A30 (Penhale to Carland Cross Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1988.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G. M. Wedd

Regional Director South West Region

Department of Transport

14th July 1988