The M4 and M48 Motorways (Severn Bridges Charging Scheme) Order 2017
Made: 18th December 2017
Coming into force: 8th January 2018
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Citation, commencement and period in force
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Interpretation
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Designation of the scheme roads
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Imposition of charges
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Advance payments
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SCHEDULE 1 — CLASSES OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND CHARGES
| Classes of motor vehicle and description | Charge for each motor vehicle for a single journey from east to west under article 4(3) | Charge for each motor vehicle for a single journey from east to west under article 4(3A) |
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| Classes A₁ and A₂Motor cars and motor caravans | £5.60 | Zero |
| Classes B₁ and B₂Small goods vehicles and small buses | £11.20 | Zero |
| Classes C₁ and C₂Large goods vehicles and large buses | £16.70 | Zero |
SCHEDULE 2 — DECRIPTIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO CHARGE
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Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Jesse Norman — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 18th December 2017
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2000 c. 38. Section 167(1)(a) is amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), paragraph 126 of Schedule 1. There are further amendments to sections 163, 167, 168 and 171 which are not relevant to this Order.
[^f00002]: S.I. 2001/2303, amended by 2004/3168.
[^f00003]: 1992 c. 3. See the definitions in section 39(1).
[^f00004]: S.I. 2001/2793, amended by type=start slip=2018-02-01 time=1517914107445S.I. 2017/1141type=end slip=2018-02-01 time=1517914107445.
[^f00005]: See section 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21).
[^f00006]: 1994 c. 22.
[^f00007]: Paragraph 19 was amended by the Finance Act 1997 (c. 22), section 17, the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), paragraphs 169 and 172 of Schedule 1, and the Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), paragraph 6 of Schedule 37.
[^f00008]: Paragraph 20 was amended by the Finance Act 1997, paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 and Part 3 of Schedule 18.
[^f00009]: 1970 c. 44. Section 21 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 30, the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49), section 68, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), paragraph 1 of Schedule 5, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27), Schedule 13, the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), sections 35 and 83 and Schedule 8, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 and Schedule 18, the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), paragraph 86 of Schedule 13, the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 2), section 73, the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), section 94, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c. 13), paragraph 41 of Schedule 1, the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), section 49, the Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges Act 2013 (c. 4), sections 1 to 6, the Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 17), sections 1 to 5, S.I. 2013/2042 and S.I. 2016/436.
[^f00010]: 1978 c. 53.
Editorial notes
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