The Severn Bridges Toll Order 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 3358

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

The Severn Bridges Toll Order 2009

Made

16th December 2009

Coming into force

1st January 2010

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(1), (2)(b), (3)(b), (4) and (6) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992(1) hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Severn Bridges Toll Order 2009 and shall, in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 (in this Order referred to as “the Act”), come into force on 1st January 2010.

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

Category 1 vehicles	£5.50
Category 2 vehicles	£10.90
Category 3 vehicles	£16.40

3.  The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 2008(2) is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Sadiq Khan

Minister of State,

Department for Transport

16th December 2009

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 9(2)(b) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 (“the Act”) provides for the tolls for the use of the bridges to be fixed by annual orders made in December of each year. This Order fixes the tolls payable for use of the two bridges, commonly known as the Severn Bridge and the Second Severn Crossing, during the year 2010.

The tolls will be payable only for traffic travelling from east to west and for vehicles (other than those exempted by section 8(5) of the Act) within the categories specified in section 8(1) of the 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 this Act, 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 2009 and applying the rounding provisions of section 9(6).

The tolls levied in 2009 were as follows:

Category 1 vehicles	£5.40
Category 2 vehicles	£10.90
Category 3 vehicles	£16.30

(1)

1992 c. 3.

(2)

S.I. 2008/32.63.