1. The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule 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 Lincolnshire that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

2. In this Order-

(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the trunk road;

(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 in principal roads;

(ii)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA1O/EM 63 marked The A17 Trunk Road (Leadenham Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1991 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 road" means the trunk road to be constructed by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the A17 Trunk Road (Leadenham By-pass) Order 1991; and

(iv)"the trunk road" means A17 Trunk Road.

8. This Order shall come into force on 4th April 1991 and may be cited as the A17 Trunk Road (Leadenham Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 1991.

THE SCHEDULELENGTH OF TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is at Leadenham in the Districts of North and South Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire, and is between a point about 1630 metres north west of its junction with Cliff Road (A607) and a point about 150 metres south-cast of its junction with North Heath Lane, a distance of approximately 3.92 kilometres.