13.—(1) The roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) are to be—
(a)classified as special roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as special roads; and
(b)provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the 1980 Act.
(2) From the date on which the undertaker notifies the Secretary of State that the roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 have been completed and are open for traffic—
(a)the undertaker is the highway authority for those roads; and
(b)they are classified as trunk roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as trunk roads.
(3) From the date on which the roads described in Part 2 (trunk roads) of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic, they are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2)(1) (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads.
(4) From the date on which the roads described in Part 3 (classified roads) of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic, they are to become classified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as classified roads as if such classification had been made under section 12(3) (general provision as to principal and classified roads) of the 1980 Act.
(5) From the date on which the roads described in Part 4 (unclassified roads) of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic, they are to become unclassified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to unclassified roads.
(6) From the date on which the roads specified in Part 5 (speed limits) of Schedule 3 are open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit in miles per hour specified in column (3) of Part 5 of Schedule 3 along the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.
(7) Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority, the footpaths, cycle tracks and footways set out in Part 8 (footpaths, cycle tracks and footways) of Schedule 3 and identified on the rights of way and access plans are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use from the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic.
(8) On such day as the undertaker may determine, the order specified in column (3) of Part 7 (revocations and variations of existing traffic regulation orders) of Schedule 3 is to be varied or revoked as specified in the corresponding row of column (4) of that Part in respect of the lengths of roads specified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.
(9) The application of paragraphs (1) to (7) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 13 in force at 22.12.2017, see art. 1
As amended by section 22 of the 1991 Act, and by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015.