1.  This Order may be cited as the A57 Trunk Road (M1 to A1) (Detrunking) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 17th May 2002.

2.  In this Order—

(i)“principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;

(ii)“the trunk road” means the A57 Trunk Road; and

(iii)“the plan” means the plan, numbered HA 10/OD/410, marked “The A57 Trunk Road (M1 to A1) (Detrunking) Order 2002”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and deposited at DTLR Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7GA.

3.  The lengths of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Order comes into force.

THE SCHEDULELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is situated between the junction with the M1 Motorway at Junction 31 (marked “A” on the plan) and the A1 Trunk Road at Apleyhead roundabout (marked “B” on the plan), all in the County of Nottinghamshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It is shown by broad black dashes on the plan and is approximately 20km in length.