{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/erskine-bridge-regulations-1989/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/erskine-bridge-regulations-1989/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Erskine Bridge Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/erskine-bridge-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say:—\n“the Act” means the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968;\n“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to carry out duties on the specified roads for the time being on duty;\n“breakdown” , in relation to a vehicle, has the same meaning as in section 7(8) of the Act;\n“carriageways” means the parts of the specified roads reserved for the passage of vehicles;\n“constable” means any constable (as defined by the Police (Scotland) Act 1967( ) of, or required for the time being to serve in, a police force maintained under the said Act for the police area in which the specified roads are situated;\n“cycle” means a bicycle or tricycle not being a motor vehicle;\n“cycle tracks” means the parts of the specified roads reserved for the passage of cycles;\n“drive” , in relation to a vehicle, includes move, and “driver” and “driven” shall be construed accordingly;\n“footways” means the parts of the specified roads over which the public has a right of passage on foot only;\n“owner” in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;\n“public service vehicle” shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981( );\n“the relevant works” and “the specified roads” have respectively the meanings as in sections 4(6) and 1(3) of the Act;\n“toll” means the appropriate toll payable under an order for the time being in force under section 2 of the Act; and payment of a toll shall include the surrender of cash, cheque or prepaid voucher;\n“toll-booth” means one of the toll-booths situated as described in regulation 4 of these Regulations;\n“vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 77"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1981 c. 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/530/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:35.802227+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."
}