Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1961

The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 1961

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 25(1) and (2), 26(1) and (3)(d), 44(3) and 46(1)^[1] of the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988^[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amend-ment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st September 1993.

    2.    The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1989^[3] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

    3.    In regulation 5(1) in the table there set out in the third column headed "Charge"-
 (a) for "£34" wherever it occurs there shall be substituted "£35"; and
 (b) for "£157" wherever it occurs there shall be substituted "£160".

    4.    In regulation 6(1) for "6th edition issued in 1991" there shall be substituted "7th edition issued in 1993"^[4].

    5.    In regulation 12(1) in the table there set out-
 (a) in column (1) headed "Minimum Charge"-
 (i) for "£48" there shall be substituted "£49", and
 (ii) for "£96" there shall be substituted "£98";
 (b) in column (2) headed "Additional Charge" for "£31" there shall be substituted "£32".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Roger Freeman

Minister of State, Department of Transport

2nd August 1993

These Regulations further amend the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1989 ("the 1989 Regulations")-

by increasing some of the charges to be made under regulation 5 of the 1989 Regulations in respect of vehicles above a specified width or length or weight which use the crossing (regulation 3);

by providing that regulation 6 of the 1989 Regulations refers to the seventh, and latest, edition of the booklet entitled "Dangerous Traffic" (regulation 4); and

by increasing some of the charges used to calculate the fee payable under regulation 12 of the 1989 Regulations in respect of the attendance at or the removal of a vehicle which has broken down on the crossing (regulation 5).

[1] See the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations". back

[2] 1988 c. 20. back

[3] S.I. 1989/2372, amended by S.I. 1990/1598, 1991/1805, and 1992/1934. back

[4] ISBN: 0 9515530 2 X, ISBN: 0 9515531 2 7, ISBN: 0 9515532 2 4. back