Regulation 3 Place and manner of payment

Except where paragraph (2) applies, all tolls leviable by virtue of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road Toll Order 1998^f1 in respect of a vehicle shall be paid by the driver of the vehicle by a recognised means of payment—

not being in either case a toll-booth at which a sign is displayed indicating that its use is restricted to either—

Where, pursuant to a pre-payment scheme, the toll leviable in respect of a vehicle has been paid in advance, the driver shall present or display such evidence of payment in such manner and at such place within a toll lane area as the pre-payment scheme may provide.

Subject to paragraph (5), every driver of a vehicle reaching a toll lane area shall stop the vehicle in a position where he can, in accordance with this regulation, pay any toll leviable in respect of the vehicle or present or display evidence of payment of the toll in compliance with any pre-payment scheme without leaving the vehicle.

When a red light is displayed at a toll-booth or a barrier is blocking the exit from a toll-booth, the driver of a vehicle shall not allow the vehicle to proceed beyond the toll-booth until a green light is displayed and any barrier blocking the exit is raised or a constable or an appointed person allows or directs him to proceed.

Where a vehicle, its trailer or its load exceeds 2.9 metres in width at any point along its length the driver shall—

For the purpose of this regulation, “recognised” means recognised and accepted by the concessionaire or the Secretary of State.