In this Part—

• “the appropriate national authority” means—

  1. a

     the Secretary of State, as respects England; and

  2. b

     the Assembly, as respects Wales;

• “the Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;

• “authorised person” means a person who is authorised under section 2;

• “designation” means designation as a traffic officer under section 2;

• “relevant road” has the meaning given by section 1(5);

• “road” means any length of highway or of any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;

• F1 “ strategic highways company ” means a company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015;

• “traffic authority” has same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27);

• “traffic officer” means an individual designated under section 2.