The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Amendments to The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998

2.  The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998(1) are hereby amended as follows:

(1) For regulations 1(2) there shall be substituted—

• “In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “axle”, “axle weight” and “wheel” have the same meaning as they have in the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 for the purpose of those Regulations other than regulations 26 and 27;

• “charge” means a charge imposed by regulation 4 of these Regulations, as distinct from and in addition to any road user charge;

• “designated parking area” means an area laid out by the crossing operator for the parking, repair or refuelling of vehicles;

• “registered keeper” in relation to a vehicle means the person in whose name the vehicle was at the relevant time registered under or by virtue of the Vehicle (Excise and Registration) Act 1994;

• “road user charge” means a charge levied under a trunk road charging scheme made under section 168 of the Transport Act 2000;

• “trailer” has the same meaning as in section 185 of the Road Traffic Act 1988;

• “wheel weight” means the weight transmitted to the road surface by a wheel not transversely in line with any other wheel.”

(2) In regulation 3(3) for “tunnel offices” there shall be substituted “Crossing Offices”;

(3) In regulation 4(1) for “toll” there shall be substituted “road user charge”;

(4) For Parts I and II of the Table to regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following—

“PART I

	Time of Commencement of Passage	Charge
Overall width
Greater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres	Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours	£42.00
Greater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres	Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours	£21.00
Greater than 6.1 metres	At any time	£190.00
Overall length
Greater than 18.75 metres and not more than 27.4 metres	Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours	£42.00
Greater than 18.75 metres and not more than 27.4 metres	Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours	£21.00
Greater than 27.4 metres	At any time	£190.00
Total weight of vehicle
Greater than 150,000 kilograms	At any time	£190.00

PART II

	Time of Commencement of Passage	Charge
Overall width
Greater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres	Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours	£42.00
Greater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres	Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours	£21.00
Greater than 6.1 metres	At any time	£190
Overall length
Greater than 27.4 metres	At any time	£190.00
Total weight of vehicle
Greater than 150,000 kilograms	At any time	£190.00”

(5) In regulation 5(1) for “the booklet entitled ‘Dangerous Traffic’, Ninth Edition issued in 1997” there shall be substituted “the booklet entitled `Dangerous Traffic', Eleventh Edition issued in 2001” (2).

(6) In regulation 8(b) for “a toll or charge” there shall be substituted “a charge or road user charge”.

(1)

S.I. 1998/1908, amended by S.I. 1999/2208, 2000/2151, 2001/2973.

(2)

ISBN 0 9515530 6 2; 0 9515531 6 X; 0 9515532 9 1.