The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/496
• Sections: 3

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

Section 2 Amendments to The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998

The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998 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—

(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” .

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

Section 3 Revocation of previous regulations

The following regulations are hereby revoked—

The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 1999

The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2000

The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendments) Regulations 2001