1.  The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Oxfordshire that the last of the new trunk roads to be opened for through traffic has been opened for through traffic.

2.  In this Order:

(i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purpose 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 clasified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii) “the plan” means the plan numbered CSE 247/1/26/06, marked “The A423 North of Oxford-South of Coventry Trunk Road (Kidlington to Cutteslowe Section) De-Trunking Order 1992” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3PY;

(iii) “the new trunk roads” means the highways to be provided by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the A43 Oxford-Market Deeping Trunk Road (Gosford Bypass Section and Slip Roads) Order 1984(1); the A43 Oxford-Market Deeping Trunk Road (Gosford Bypass Section and Slip Roads) (No.2) Order 1986(2); the M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Warwick Section) and Connecting Road (No. 1) Scheme 1984(3); the M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Warwick Section) and Connecting Roads (No. 2) Scheme 1985(4); the M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Warwick Section) and Connecting Roads (Supplementary) Scheme 1985(5); and the M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Wendlebury Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989(6).

3.  This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1992 and may be cited as the A423 North of Oxford-South of Coventry Trunk Road (Kidlington to Cutteslowe Section) De-Trunking Order 1992.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

J. W. Fellows

Regional Director, South East Region,

Department of Transport

2nd November 1992