Paragraph 1

Tolls may not be levied in respect of—

(a)

a vehicle whose details have been recorded on the exemptions register in accordance with this Schedule;

(b)

a vehicle being used in connection with—

(i)

the collection of tolls or charges; or

(ii)

the maintenance, improvement or renewal of, or other dealing with the Rixton and Warburton Bridge or any structure, works or apparatus in, on, under or over any part of the Rixton and Warburton Bridge;

(c)

a vehicle which, having broken down on the Rixton and Warburton Bridge while travelling in one direction, is travelling in the opposite direction otherwise than under its own power;

(d)

a military vehicle, that is, a vehicle used for army, naval or air force purposes, while being driven by persons for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown;

(e)

a public service vehicle as defined in section 1 (definition of “public service vehicle”)^f1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 which is being used in the provision of a local service as defined in section 2 (local services) of the Transport Act 1985^f2; or

(f)

the following vehicles, being used in the execution of duty, at the time of passing over the Rixton and Warburton Bridge—

(i)

a vehicle being used for police purposes, or being the property of the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad;

(ii)

a fire engine as defined by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 (exempt vehicles) to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994^f3;

(iii)

a vehicle which is kept by a fire authority as defined by paragraph 5 of that Schedule;

(iv)

an ambulance as defined by paragraph 6 of that Schedule; or

(v)

a vehicle exempt from vehicle excise duty under paragraph 7 (vehicles being used or kept on a road by a health service body, a National Health Service trust, an NHS foundation trust, a Local Health Board or the Care Quality Commission).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 14. Section 1 was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), Schedule 8.
f2: 1985 c. 67.
f3: 1994 c. 22.