HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Amendments to The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998 2 The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998 are hereby amended as follows: 1 For regulations 1(2) there shall be substituted— In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “axle”, “axle weight” and “wheel” have the same meaning as they have in the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 for the purpose of those Regulations other than regulations 26 and 27; “charge” means a charge imposed by regulation 4 of these Regulations, as distinct from and in addition to any road user charge; “designated parking area” means an area laid out by the crossing operator for the parking, repair or refuelling of vehicles; “registered keeper” in relation to a vehicle means the person in whose name the vehicle was at the relevant time registered under or by virtue of the Vehicle (Excise and Registration) Act 1994; “road user charge” means a charge levied under a trunk road charging scheme made under section 168 of the Transport Act 2000; “trailer” has the same meaning as in section 185 of the Road Traffic Act 1988; “wheel weight” means the weight transmitted to the road surface by a wheel not transversely in line with any other wheel. 2 In regulation 3(3) for “tunnel offices” there shall be substituted “Crossing Offices”; 3 In regulation 4(1) for “toll” there shall be substituted “road user charge”; 4 For Parts I and II of the Table to regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following— PART I Time of Commencement of Passage Charge Overall width Greater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours £42.00 Greater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours £21.00 Greater than 6.1 metres At any time £190.00 Overall length Greater than 18.75 metres and not more than 27.4 metres Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours £42.00 Greater than 18.75 metres and not more than 27.4 metres Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours £21.00 Greater than 27.4 metres At any time £190.00 Total weight of vehicle Greater than 150,000 kilograms At any time £190.00 PART II Time of Commencement of Passage Charge Overall width Greater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours £42.00 Greater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours £21.00 Greater than 6.1 metres At any time £190 Overall length Greater than 27.4 metres At any time £190.00 Total weight of vehicle Greater than 150,000 kilograms At any time £190.00 5 In regulation 5(1) for “the booklet entitled ‘Dangerous Traffic’, Ninth Edition issued in 1997” there shall be substituted “the booklet entitled `Dangerous Traffic', Eleventh Edition issued in 2001” . 6 In regulation 8(b) for “a toll or charge” there shall be substituted “a charge or road user charge”. Revocation of previous regulations 3 The following regulations are hereby revoked— The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 1999 The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2000 The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendments) Regulations 2001 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Spellar Minister of State, Department for Transport 4th March 2003