{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rixton-and-warburton-bridge-order-2024/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/630",
  "legislation_title": "The Rixton and Warburton Bridge Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rixton-and-warburton-bridge-order-2024",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these byelaws—\n“the 1863 Act” means the Rixton and Warburton Bridge Act 1863;\n“the 1890 Act” means the Manchester Ship Canal (Various Powers) Act 1890;\n“Account” means the account containing a person’s details for the purposes of paying a toll or charge for a vehicle, or registering a discount, which is identified by a unique account number;\n“ANPR” means automatic number plate recognition;\n“authorised person” means a person or servant or agent or contractor appointed by or authorised by the undertaker to carry out duties in relation to the regulation, direction and control of traffic and for the purposes of the byelaws set out in Part 2 (regulation of traffic in the Rixton and Warburton Bridge) and in Part 7 (prevention of damage and nuisance generally) of the byelaws additionally means any police constable or police community support officer;\n“the Bridge” means the bridge known as the Rixton and Warburton Bridge authorised by the 1863 Act and the 1890 Act;\n“the bridge road” means the length of the highway commencing from the A57 Manchester Road in the north at national grid reference SJ6915390429 to Warburton Bridge Road at national grid reference SJ6980489711 in the south;\n“the Canal” means the Manchester Ship Canal;\n“the Company” means Rixton and Warburton Bridge Company Limited (Company No. 13617881 incorporated under the Companies Act 2006and having its registered office at Maritime Centre, Port of Liverpool, Liverpool L21 1LA;\n“exemptions register” means the register of vehicles exempt from tolls maintained by MSCC in accordance with article 8 (tolls) of, and Schedule 2 (register of vehicles exempt from tolls) to, the Order;\n“MSCC” means The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited;\n“notice” includes a sign, signal and a digital or other display, and in appropriate circumstances, an audible announcement;\n“the Order” means the Rixton and Warburton Bridge Order 2024;\n“relevant date” means the second day after the date of the passage of a vehicle across the Rixton and Warburton Bridge;\n“Rixton and Warburton Bridge” means the Bridge together with the bridge road as shown in the plan in Schedule 5 to the Order and all toll booths or other toll collection facilities constructed on the said Bridge or the bridge road;\n“Tag” means an electronic device fitted to a vehicle, on the inside of the windscreen, to allow tolling without physical payment using cash, provided there is credit on the Account;\n“undertaker” means MSCC, or the Company or other assignee if the power under article 5 (transfer of Undertaking) or under article 10(3) (power to enter into concession agreements and lease or transfer the Undertaking, etc.) of the Order has been exercised; and\n“website” means https://www.warburtontollbridge.co.uk/ or as otherwise set-up from time to time and publicised by the undertaker.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1863 c. lxiii."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1890 c. ccxxvii."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/630/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:29:37.814554+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."
}