Statutory Instrument 1993 No.1063

The A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1993

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1993 No.1063

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1993

Made	2nd April 1993

Coming into force

11th May 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Act 1980^[1], and now vested in him^[2], and of all other enabling powers:—

    1.    The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct—
 (a) along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order (the highway along this route being in this Order referred to as "the main new trunk road"); and
 (b) along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order which connect the main new trunk road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule (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 new trunk road 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 new trunk 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:
 (a) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway and are approximate only;

(b)  (i) "the deposited plan"	means the plan numbered HA10/EM80 marked "The A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass and 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;
(ii) "the new trunk roads"	means the main new trunk road and the slip roads and "new trunk road" shall be construed accordingly;
(iii) "the trunk road"	means the A43 Oxford—Northampton—Stamford—Market Deeping Trunk Road; and
(iv) "the side roads order"	means the A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass) (Side Roads) Order 1993.

    5.    This Order shall come into force on 11th May 1993 and may be cited as the A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1993.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

D. J. Morrison

Regional Director East Midlands Region Department of Transport

2nd April 1993

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Notes:

[1] 1980 c. 66.

[2] S.I.1981/238.

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