1993 No. 3218
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1993
Made 14th December 1993
Coming into force 27th January 1994

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980, and now vested in him, and of all other enabling powers:—
1980 c. 66.
S.I.1981/238.

1 On the operative date:
(a) each of the lengths of trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown on the deposited plan by broad striped hatching, and given the reference letter opposite its description in that schedule, shall cease to be a trunk road;
(b) the lengths of trunk road given the reference letters A and B shall each be classified as a classified road;
(c) the length of trunk road given the reference letter C shall be classified as a principal road.
2 In this Order:
(a) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
(b) (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 classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;
(ii) “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;
(iii) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/EM83 marked “The A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) (Detrunking) 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;
(iv) “the operative date” means the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Northamptonshire that the trunk road to be constructed by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) Order 1993 is open for through traffic.
3 This Order shall come into force on 27th January 1994 and may be cited as the A6 Trunk Road (Rushden and Higham Ferrers Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1993.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
D. J. Morrison Regional Director East Midlands Region, Department of Transport 14th December 1993

SCHEDULE LENGTHS OF TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD
The lengths of trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road are those lengths of the A6 Trunk Road in the County of Northamptonshire:—
Description of Length	Reference Letter
(1) Between the southern side of the roundabout at its junction with the A45 and A605 roads, north of Higham Ferrers, and its junction with Wellingborough Road (A5001) at Rushden.	A
(2) Comprising lengths of Station Approach, Rectory Road, Newton Road and Church Parade (and forming the southbound route of the one-way traffic system at Rushden).	B
(3) Between its junction with Wellingborough Road (A5001), at Rushden, and a point 490 metres north of its junction with the unnamed rad to Wymington, south of Rushden.	C