The A453 Birmingham to Nottingham Trunk Road (M1 Junction 24 to A52 Nottingham Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 2012

1.  This Order may be cited as the A453 Birmingham to Nottingham Trunk Road (M1 Junction 24 to A52 Nottingham Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 24th May 2012.

2.  In this Order—

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

(2) (a) “the main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1;

(b)“the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads;

(c)“the plan” means the plans numbered Site Plan Sheet 1 of 2 and Site Plan Sheet 2 of 2 and marked “The A453 Birmingham to Nottingham Trunk Road (M1 Junction 24 to A52 Nottingham Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 2012 HA 10/MP/100”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at Document Deposit Service, Communities and Local Government, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA; and

(d)“the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 and which connect the main new road with other highways or proposed highways at the places stated in that Schedule.

3.  The main new road and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.

4.  The centre line of each of the trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.

5.  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 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 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 traffic.

6.  The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridge specified in Schedule 3 as part of the main new road given the reference B on Site Plan Sheet 1 of 2.