Point in time view as at 01/11/1991.
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Section 16 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A person authorised by a toll order to charge tolls may set up and maintain facilities for the collection of tolls.
The consent of the highway authority is required for the setting up of any such facilities by a concessionaire.
(2)Those responsible for the design and construction of facilities for the collection of tolls, and those responsible for the collection of tolls at such facilities, shall have due regard to the need to avoid delaying the passage of such vehicles as are mentioned in section 13(2)(a), (b) or (c) (police vehicles, ambulances and fire engines).
(3)The power of the highway authority under section 239(4)(c) of the M1Highways Act 1980 to acquire land for the provision of buildings or facilities to be used in connection with the use of the special road includes, in the case of a road subject to a toll order, power to acquire any land required for the purpose of setting up facilities for the collection of tolls.
(4)Facilities for the collection of tolls are exempt from rating and shall not be included in any rating list.
(5)In this section “facilities for the collection of tolls” means such buildings, structures or other facilities within the boundary of the road, or on land adjoining the road, as are reasonably required for the purpose of or in connection with the collection of tolls in pursuance of a toll order.
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