Part III Operation of the Crossing
Tolls and their administration
19 Exemption from tolls.
Nothing in this Act shall authorise the levying of tolls in respect of—
a
a vehicle identifiable by writing or markings on it or otherwise by its appearance as being the property of—
F7i
a local policing body;
F4ia
the Serious Organised Crime Agency;
F3ii
a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; or
iii
one of the civil defence forces or the civil defence services as respectively defined in the M1Civil Defence Act 1948;
being used in the execution of duty;
b
an ambulance or other vehicle if it is being used by F5 a Strategic Health Authority established under section 13 of the National Health Service Act 2006, a Special Health Authority established under section 28 of that Act or section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, a Primary Care Trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service Act 2006, F6a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or a voluntary organisation or other person under an arrangement made under either of those Acts;
c
any other ambulance if it is being used for the purpose of or in connection with the transport of persons requiring or receiving medical treatment or for the carriage in an emergency of medical apparatus or supplies;
d
a vehicle exempted from duty under F1paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 if it is being used for the purposes of an invalid; or
e
a vehicle so exempted under F2paragraph 19 of that Schedule if it is being used by or for the purposes of a person suffering from a physical defect or disability.