{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-regulations-1994/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-regulations-1994/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2031",
  "legislation_title": "The Dartford — Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Abnormal loads",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the driver of a vehicle which is of a description set out in the first column of the table below, or a person on his behalf, shall pay to the crossing operator, in addition to any toll payable for the use of the crossing by that vehicle–\n(a) such charge for the use of the tunnels by that vehicle as is set out in respect thereof in Part I of that table;\n(b) such charge for the use of the bridge by that vehicle as is set out in respect thereof in Part II of that table.\nPART I\nTime of Commencement of Passage\nCharge\nOverall width\nGreater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres\nPassage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours\n£36\nGreater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres\nPassage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours\n£17\nGreater than 6.1 metres\nAt any time\n£164\nOverall length\nGreater than 18.3 metres and not more than 27.4 metres\nPassage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours\n£36\nGreater than 18.3 metres and not more than 27.4 metres\nPassage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours\n£164\nGreater than 27.4 metres\nAt any time\n£164\nTotal weight of vehicle\nGreater than 150,000 kilograms\nAt any time\n£164\nPART II\nTime of Commencement of Passage\nCharge\nOverall width\nGreater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres\nPassage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours\n£36\nGreater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres\nPassage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours\n£17\nGreater than 6.1 metres\nAt any time\n£164\nOverall length\nGreater than 27.4 metres\nAt any time\n£164\nTotal weight of vehicle\nGreater than 150,000 kilograms\nAt any time\n£164\n(2) Where, by virtue of its characteristics, two or more charges are prescribed by paragraph (1) above in respect of any vehicle, the person specified in that paragraph shall be liable to pay only the higher or the highest (as the case may be) of such charges in respect of that vehicle.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, the weight of a vehicle shall be taken to include the weight of any trailer drawn by it and of any load carried on the vehicle or any such trailer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2060",
      "affecting_title": "THE DARTFORD-THURROCK CROSSING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2031/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:28:17.872719+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}