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 this Order comes into force.

2. In this Order -�

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

(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 as principal roads;

(ii)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA10/2SWM 62 marked "The Taunton-Fraddon Trunk Road A361 (Landkey Link) (Detrunking) Order 1989", 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 roads" means the highways described in article 1 of the Taunton-Fraddon Trunk Road A361/A39 (Barnstaple Bypass and Slip Road) Order 1985(3) (known as the Barnstaple Bypass) and article 1 of the North Devon Link Road (Newton-Barnstaple) Order 1986(4) (known as the North Devon Link Road); and

(iv)"the Trunk Road" means the Taunton-Fraddon Trunk Road (A361).

3. This Order shall come into force on 21st December 1989 and may be cited as the Taunton-Fraddon Trunk Road A361 (Landkey Link) (Detrunking) Order 1989.

THE SCHEDULELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the Trunk Road ceasing to be a trunk road is that length of the Landkey Link from its junction with the C783 classified road from South Molton to Landkey generally northwards to its junction with the new trunk roads, a distance of about 274 metres.