# The Severn Bridges Regulations 1996, Regulation 12: Prevention of obstruction


(1) In this regulation a “stationary vehicle” means a vehicle which is at rest on the specified roads either in contravention of these Regulations or where—
(a) the vehicle has suffered a breakdown (in this regulation referred to as a “broken down vehicle”),
(b) no person is for the time being in charge of it, or
(c) the person in charge of it is not on it or in it.
(2) A constable or an appointed person may remove or arrange or require the removal of a stationary vehicle from the specified roads to a hard shoulder (as defined by regulation 3(1)(e) of the Motorways Regulations) beyond the limits of the specified roads where the vehicle can be allowed to remain at rest in accordance with regulation 7(1) of the Motorways Regulations and no person shall obstruct or attempt to obstruct any action taken by a constable or appointed person for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) No person without the permission of a constable or an appointed person shall or shall attempt—
(a) to repair, refuel, change the tyre or wheel of or otherwise adjust or,
(b) except for the purpose of complying with paragraph (2) of regulation 11, to move a broken down vehicle on the specified roads.
(4) In relation to a defence vehicle—
(a) paragraph (3) shall not apply; and
(b) the power given by paragraph (2) shall not be exercised while the driver is carrying out any repair or adjustment, unless it appears to a constable that it is necessary or expedient for the vehicle to be removed in order to prevent an obstruction of the specified roads
(5) For regulation 7 of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 there is substituted:—
“Exception for Severn Bridge
7 Regulations 3, 4, 4A and 5 of these Regulations shall not apply in relation to any vehicle while it is on the specified roads as defined by regulation 3 of the Severn Bridges Regulations 1996.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1316/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/severn-bridges-regulations-1996/regulation-12
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