# The Severn Bridge Tolls Order 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This order has the effect of increasing the Severn Bridge tolls so that (with the exemptions referred to in article 7 and subject to the provisions for compounding tolls in advance in accordance with article 6);
(a) a toll of £2 is payable in respect of a goods vehicle having an unladen weight exceeding 1.525 tonnes and for a passenger vehicle adapted to carry more than 16 passengers; and
(b) a toll of £1.00 is payable in respect of any other vehicle.
No separate toll is leviable on a trailer, but where a trailer forms part of an articulated vehicle, the trailer and the drawing vehicle are treated as one motor vehicle for the purpose of determining the appropriate rate of toll.
This Order revokes and replaces the Severn Bridge Tolls Order 1985, which, with exemptions, and provisions for compounding at a discount rate of 10% for all vehicles, set (a) a toll of £1 payable in respect of a goods vehicle having an unladen weight exceeding 30 cwt and for a passenger vehicle adapted to carry more than 16 passengers, and (b) a toll of 50p payable in respect of any other vehicle.

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