1
The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in the Schedule to this Order (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the slip roads”), shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.
2
The centre line of each of the slip roads 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 any of the slip roads 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 and is not 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 purpose of through traffic.
4
In this Order–
i
“the deposited plan” means the plan folio numbered PSE/O/A27/4E/65/2/3 marked “The A27 Trunk Road (Patching Junction Im provement Slip Roads) Order 1993” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY, which folio contains a site plan marked “Junction at Clapham Common”;
ii
“the main new trunk road” means the highway along the route described in the Schedule to “The A27 Trunk Road (Patching Junction Improvement) Order 1993”3 which is to be constructed as a trunk road by the Secretary of State in pursuance of that Order; and
iii
“the trunk road” means the A27 Trunk Road.
5
This Order shall come into force on 25th June 1993 and may be cited as The A27 Trunk Road (Patching Junction Improvement Slip Roads) Order 1993.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport