Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations replace the Erskine Bridge Regulations 1973. The principal changes are the removal of certain restrictions imposed in the previous regulations in respect of stationary vehicles and the discontinuance of the breakdown service on the bridge carried out under the previous regulations. They also set out the arrangements for securing payment of tolls, impose restrictions on the use of specified roads, and make provision for the prevention of damage to the relevant works or defacement of signs on the relevant works.
In terms of section 11 of the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968 any person who contravenes any of the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, presently £50.