1. The length of trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be 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 Hampshire that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

2. In this Order:

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

(b)(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 as principal roads;

(ii)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered PSE/0/A34/13/65/2/3 marked "The Winchester-�Preston Trunk Road (A34) (Newbury Bypass Detrunking) (No.2) Order 1993", 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 Winchester-�Preston Trunk Road (A34) (Newbury Bypass) Order 1991(3);

(iv)"the Trunk Road" means the Winchester-�Preston Trunk Road (A34).

3. This Order shall come into force on 14th September 1993 and may be cited as the Winchester-�Preston Trunk Road (A34) (Newbury Bypass Detrunking) (No.2) Order 1993.

SCHEDULELENGTH OF TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE TRUNK ROAD

The slip road from the eastern boundary of the Trunk Road to Harts Lane, at Tot Hill in the County of Hampshire, a distance of 180 metres.