The Rixton and Warburton Bridge Order 2024

PART 6 TOLLS AND CHARGES

21.  A toll is to be demanded and taken in accordance with the provisions of the Order and any order modifying, amending or replacing it unless the vehicle is exempt from the requirement to pay a toll.

22.  In respect of the passage of a vehicle across the Rixton and Warburton Bridge which is not exempt, payment of the toll may be made in the following ways—

(a) by pre-payment of the toll;

(b) by payment of the toll via ANPR;

(c) by payment of the toll via a Tag; or

(d) in accordance with the payment methods published from time to time by the undertaker.

23.  A person driving a vehicle across the Rixton and Warburton Bridge is liable to pay a toll at a level displayed at all entry points onto the Rixton and Warburton Bridge.

24.  A liability to pay unpaid toll charges in respect of a vehicle arises where—

(a) a liability to pay a toll under byelaw 21 has been incurred in respect of that vehicle;

(b) a toll has not been paid in full by, or on behalf of, either the driver or registered keeper of that vehicle in respect of the passage by the vehicle across the Rixton and Warburton Bridge; and

(c) the toll remains unpaid after the relevant date.

25.  The levels of unpaid toll charges to be applied to a vehicle in accordance with byelaw 24 are—

(a) £30.00 (thirty pounds) in addition to the toll payable when paid in full within fourteen days beginning with the relevant date;

(b) £60.00 (sixty pounds) in addition to the toll payable when paid in full between fourteen days from the relevant date and twenty-eight days following the relevant date;

(c) £100.00 (one hundred pounds) in addition to the toll payable when paid in full after twenty-eight days following the relevant date.

26.  For the purpose of byelaw 22(b), the undertaker will use ANPR to record images of vehicles to calculate the toll due from the relevant Account.

27.  The undertaker will retain and use any such images or information recorded from vehicles in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation(1) and the Data Protection Act 2018(2).

28.  A person, liable under byelaw 24, must inform the undertaker as soon as reasonably practicable if their vehicle is sold or stolen, and provide a unique reference number or crime reference number from the police or appropriate documentary evidence of the sale (as applicable) and, if the undertaker requests, confirm the theft or sale in writing.

29.  If the undertaker is not informed that the vehicle has been sold or stolen in accordance with byelaw 28, charges will continue to be calculated for the vehicle in accordance with byelaw 25 and the Account will remain liable for any charges incurred by the vehicle and the Account will continue to be debited.

30.  If the vehicle has been sold, a person may register a new vehicle to their Account by updating their Account.

31.  The undertaker will be entitled to deduct from an Account all liable charges, and other sums due to the undertaker in accordance with the byelaws and the Order, as they are incurred.

32.—(1) For the purpose of byelaw 22(c), a person may apply to the undertaker for a Tag.

(2) Any such application must be made on a form issued by and obtainable from the undertaker at the website and must include the particulars and information required by such form to be supplied.

(3) The undertaker may require an applicant for a Tag to produce evidence it may reasonably require to verify any particulars, in respect of information given to it.

(4) Upon receipt of an application duly made under this byelaw, the undertaker may issue to the applicant a Tag.

33.  The Tag holder must inform the undertaker as soon as reasonably practicable if their vehicle is sold or stolen, and provide a unique reference number or crime reference number from the police or appropriate documentary evidence of the sale (as applicable) and, if the undertaker requests, confirm the theft or sale in writing.

34.  If the undertaker is not informed that the vehicle has been sold or stolen in accordance with byelaw 33, charges will continue to be calculated for the vehicle in accordance with byelaw 25 and the Account will remain liable for any charges incurred by the vehicle and the Account will continue to be debited.

(1)

EUR 2016/679, amended by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Act 2022 (c. 4), paragraph 18 of Schedule 3, S.I. 2019/419 and S.I. 2020/1586.

(2)

2018 c. 12.