1.  This Order may be cited as The A19 Trunk Road (Rawcliffe Roundabout to City Boundary) (Detrunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

2.  In this Order—

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

(ii)“the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/OD/354, marked “The A19 Trunk Road (Rawcliffe Roundabout to City Boundary) (Detrunking) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at ODPM–DFT, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN31 7EA;

(iii)“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; and

(iv)“the trunk road” means the East of Snaith to Sunderland Trunk Road (A19).

3.  The length 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 this Order comes into force.