The M6 Toll (Collection of Tolls) Regulations 2003

PART I Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the M6 Toll (Collection of Tolls) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 25th September 2003.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“appointed person” means a person employed by or on behalf of the concessionaire or the Secretary of State for the purpose of collecting tolls;

“carriageway” has the meaning given to it by the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982(1);

“concessionaire” means the concessionaire for the time being appointed by the Secretary of State to carry out the Secretary of State’s functions in respect of the motorway pursuant to a concession agreement under section 1 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;

“the motorway” means the M6 Toll motorway and connecting roads as defined in the Birmingham Northern Relief Road and Connecting Roads Scheme 1998(2);

“pre-payment scheme” means an agreement between the concessionaire or the Secretary of State and persons using the motorway under which such persons make payments of tolls in advance for use of the motorway;

“toll lane area” means the areas of carriageway and the adjacent raised areas, on which the toll-booths are located, between the toll lane entry barrier and the toll lane exit barrier;

“wide load route” means the carriageway which bypasses the toll lane area and is shown by a sign as being for use by vehicles where the vehicle, its trailer or its load exceeds 2.9m in width at any point along its total length.

(1)

S.I. 1982/1163.

(2)

S.I. 1998/121.