# The Severn Bridge Tolls Order 1989, Article 3: Interpretation


(1) 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;
“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;
“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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1922/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/severn-bridge-tolls-order-1989/article-3
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