Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the GLA Roads (Continuity of Orders etc.) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 18th October 2000.

Interpretation

2. In this Order—

“the 1980 Act” means Highways Act 1980( 2 );

“proposed trunk road” means a proposed highway which was, on 3rd July 2000, the subject of a relevant line order but had not been constructed and opened to public traffic;

“relevant line order” means an order under section 10 of the 1980 Act directing that a highway proposed to be constructed by the Secretary of State in Greater London is to be a trunk road;

“relevant side roads order” means an order made by the Secretary of State under section 14 of the 1980 Act in relation to a highway or proposed highway in Greater London which was a trunk road at the time the order was made;

“relevant compulsory purchase order” means an order authorising the Secretary of State in relation to a highway or proposed highway in Greater London to acquire land or rights over land compulsorily for any purpose for which he has power to acquire land under Part XII of the 1980 Act; and

the words “highway”, “proposed highway” and “trunk road” shall be construed in accordance with the 1980 Act, but shall not be taken as referring to a highway or proposed highway or trunk road which is or is to be a special road.

Continuity of orders

3. —(1) A relevant line order relating to a proposed trunk road shall have effect as if it were an order made by the Mayor under section 14B of the 1980 Act directing that the proposed highway should become a GLA road on the coming into force of this Order.

(2) A relevant side roads order shall have effect as if for references in the order to the Secretary of State there were substituted references to Transport for London.

(3) A relevant compulsory purchase order shall have effect as if for references in the order to the Secretary of State there were substituted references to Transport for London.

(4) The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the provisions of section 415 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

4. The GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2000( 3 ) shall apply in relation to a proposed trunk road as it applies in relation to a GLA road and references in that Order, as so applied, to the operative date shall be taken as references to the date on which this Order comes into force.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

5. Development carried out by Transport for London for the purpose of executing works—

(a) for the construction of a highway which is to be a GLA road by virtue of article 3(1) this Order; or

(b) authorised by a relevant side roads order.

shall be treated for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as development carried out by the Secretary of State.