Article 3 Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “the Act” means the Severn Bridge Tolls Act 1965;

• “Class I” and“Class II” means respectively the classes of traffic so numbered in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980^f1;

• “goods vehicle”,“motor vehicle”,“trailer”,“unladen weight” and“wheel” have the meanings respectively given in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^f2;

• “motor cycle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle having less than four wheels and, in a case where a cabin is provided, the cabin is not constructed so as to enclose the driver and any passenger;

• “The Severn Bridge road” means the new road as defined in section 1(4) of the Act;

• “the specified carriageways” has the meaning given in section 1(3) of the Act;

• “toll” means a toll leviable under the Act.

For the purposes of this Order an articulated vehicle (that is to say a motor vehicle with a trailer attached thereto by partial superimposition in such a way as to cause a substantial part of the weight of the trailer to be borne by the motor vehicle) shall be treated as one motor vehicle.