Application of the 1991 Act
3.—(1) Works executed under this Order in relation to a highway which consists of or includes a carriageway shall be treated for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1991 Act as major highway works if—
(a)they are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) and (c) to (h) of section 86(3) of the 1991 Act (which defines what highway authority works are major highway works), or
(b)they are works which, had they been executed by the highway authority, might have been carried out in exercise of the powers conferred by section 64 of the 1980 Act (dual carriageways and roundabouts).
(2) In Part 3 of the 1991 Act, references in relation to major highway works, to the highway authority concerned shall, in relation to works which are major highway works by virtue of paragraph (1) be construed as references to the Council.