The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 3135

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1993

Made

14th December 1993

Coming into force

1st January 1994

The Secretary of State for Transport in accordance with the provisions of section 9(2)(b) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992(1) (in this Order referred to as “the Act of 1992”) and of all other enabling powers hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1993 and shall, in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Act of 1992, come into force on 1st January 1994.

2.  The tolls leviable in respect of vehicles within the categories referred to in section 8(1) of the Act of 1992 using the existing bridge shall be as follows:—

Category 1 vehicles	£3.40
Category 2 vehicles	£6.80
Category 3 vehicles	£10.10

3.  The Severn Bridges Tolls (No. 2) Order 1992(2) is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Key

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Transport

14th December 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 9(2)(b) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 provides for the tolls for the use of the Severn Bridge to be fixed by annual orders made in December of each year. This Order fixes the tolls payable for use of the Severn Bridge during the year 1994.

The tolls will only be payable for traffic travelling from east to west and for vehicles (other than those exempted by section 8(5) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992) within the categories specified in section 8(1) of that Act. These are (1) motor cars and motor caravans, (2) small goods vehicles and small buses and (3) other goods vehicles and buses.

In accordance with section 9 of the Act of 1992, the toll for each category has been fixed by adjusting the amounts shown in the table in section 9(3) by the percentage increase in the retail prices index between March 1989 and September 1993 and applying the rounding provisions of section 9(6).

(1)

1992 c. 3.

(2)

S.I. 1992/3284.