Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 121

The East of Birmingham/Birkenhead Trunk Road (A41 Improvement at Chester and Slip Roads) Order 1988

---

© Crown Copyright 1988

Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.

The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users.

It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. This includes reproduction of the Statutory Instrument on the Internet and on intranet sites. The Royal Arms may be reproduced only where they are an integral part of the original document.

The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The East of Birmingham/Birkenhead Trunk Road (A41 Improvement at Chester and Slip Roads) Order 1988, ISBN 0110861213. The print version may be purchased by clicking here. Braille copies of this Statutory Instrument can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail:customer.services@tso.co.uk.

Further information about the publication of legislation on this website can be found by referring to the Frequently Asked Questions.

To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available.

1988 No. 121

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The East of Birmingham/Birkenhead Trunk Road (A41 Improvement at Chester and Slip Roads) Order 1988

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10, 12, 41 and 106 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 at 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 this Order comes into force.

    2.    The centre line of the new trunk roads are indicated by heavy black lines 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 purposes of through traffic.

    4.    The length of trunk road described in Schedule 3 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Cheshire that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

    5.    The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridge specified in Schedule 4 in this Order as part of the main new trunk road.

    6.    In this Order —

    (1)  all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

    (2)  
 (i) "classified road" as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes 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) "the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA 10/1/CNW 245 marked "The East of Birmingham/Birkenhead Trunk Road (A41 Improvement at Chester and Slip Roads) Order 1988" signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;
 (iii) "the new trunk roads" means the main new trunk road and the slip roads;
 (iv) "the Trunk Road" means the East of Birmingham/Birkenhead Trunk Road (A41),

    7.    This Order shall come into force on 25th February 1988 and may be cited as the East of Birmingham/Birkenhead Trunk Road (A41 Improvement at Chester and Slip Roads) Order 1988.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

F Kendall

Regional Director North West Region Department of Transport

15th January 1988

[1] 1980 c. 66. back

[2] S.I. 1981/238. back

Explanatory Note