Statutory Instruments
LONDON GOVERNMENT
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND
Made
14th April 2000
Laid before Parliament
14th April 2000
Coming into force
5th May 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 405(2) and 406 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the GLA Roads (Supplementary Provisions) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 5th May 2000.
(2) In this Order “the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(2).
2.—(1) Section 14A of the 1980 Act shall have effect in relation to a road to which paragraph (2) applies as if such a road were a highway.
(2) This paragraph applies to a road in Greater London which—
(a)is a road to which the public has access;
(b)is not a highway; and
(c)was constructed by an urban development corporation.
(3) If a road to which paragraph (2) applies is designated as a GLA road pursuant to an order under subsection 14A(1) of the 1980 Act, that road shall, upon its becoming a GLA road in accordance with section 14A(2), become a highway maintainable at the public expense.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
14th April 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that section 14A of the Highways Act 1980, as inserted by section 260 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, is to have effect so that roads in Greater London, to which the public has access, which are not highways and which were built by an urban development corporation, may be designated by the Secretary of State as GLA roads and become highways maintainable at the public expense.
1980 c. 66; section 14A was inserted by the Greater London Authority Act 1999, section 260.