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Statutory Instruments
Highways, England
Made
11th December 2017
Coming into force
8th January 2018
1. This Order may be cited as the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Revision of Charges etc.) Order 2017 and comes into force on 8th January 2018.
2. In this Order –
"the floating bridge" has the meaning given to that expression in section 2 of the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Act 1988(3);
"goods vehicle" means a motor vehicle or trailer constructed or adapted for use for the carriage or haulage of goods or burden of any description;
"maximum authorised mass" means the "maximum gross weight" indicated upon the plate required to be attached to the vehicle by regulations 66 or 70 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(4);
"passenger vehicle" means a vehicle constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects.
3. The tolls that the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company Limited (5) may demand, take and recover for the use of the floating bridge are revised so that those tolls must not exceed the sums set out in the Schedule to this Order.
4. The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Revision of Charges) Order 2013(6) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
CJ Miller
A Senior Civil Servant
Department for Transport
11th December 2017
Article 3
| Class | Vehicle Category(*) | Toll |
|---|---|---|
(*) Where a vehicle is drawing one or more trailers in addition to the toll chargeable under this Order for the use by that vehicle of the ferry, a toll not exceeding the amount chargeable for the drawing vehicle will be chargeable for each trailer. | ||
| 1. | Pedestrian (aged 5 and over) Cycle including cyclist | £0.70 |
| 2. | Motor cycle and motor cycle combination | £2.90 |
| 3. | Passenger vehicle constructed or adapted to carry up to 8 passengers (including driver) | £6.70 |
| 4. | Goods vehicle not exceeding 3500kg maximum authorised mass | £6.70 |
| 5. | Passenger vehicle constructed or adapted to carry 9 or more but no more than 20 passengers (including driver) | £8.60 |
| 6. | Goods vehicle exceeding 3500kg but not exceeding 7500kg maximum authorised mass | £9.50 |
| 7. | Passenger vehicle constructed or adapted to carry 21 or more passengers (including driver) but not exceeding 18000kg maximum authorised mass | £21.60 |
| 8. | Goods vehicle exceeding 7500kg but not exceeding 18000kg maximum authorised mass | £21.60 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made in response to an application by the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company Limited ("the Company"), revises the tolls that the Company may charge for use of the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (also known as the Dartmouth-Kingswear Higher Ferry).
1954 c. 64. Section 6 was amended by the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Part 1 of Schedule 12, the Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40), Schedule 6, the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 272(2), the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 237(2) and paragraph 25 of Schedule 18, the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Act 1988 (c. xvi), section 5, the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), paragraph 43 of Schedule 13, S.I. 1959/1768, S.I. 1970/1681, S.I. 1976/1775, S.I. 1979/571 and S.I. 1981/238.
Section 13 of the Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 provides that references to the Minister within that Act, mean the Secretary of State.
S.I 1986/1078. Regulation 66 is amended by S.I. 1996/3017, 1998/3112 and 2017/881; regulation 70 by 1998/3112.
Incorporated in England and Wales under company number 04261303.
