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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 18th July 2003.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 .
3
These Regulations apply to England only.
Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations
2
In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2) —
a
in the definition of “health service body”, in paragraph (a), before “ NHS trust” there shall be inserted “Local Health Board,”;
b
in the definition of “nurse”, in paragraph (e), for “Health Authority” there shall be substituted “a Local Health Board”;
c
the definition of “Primary Care Group” shall be omitted; and
d
before the definition of “Primary Care Trust”, there shall be inserted —
“primary care list” means —
a list of persons undertaking to provide general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services or, as the case may be, pharmaceutical services prepared pursuant to regulations made under section 29, 36, 39, 42 or 43 of the Act ;
a list of persons approved for the purpose of assisting in the provision of any such services prepared pursuant to regulations made under section 43D of that Act ;
a services list referred to in section 28DA of that Act or section 8ZA of the 1997 Act ; or
a list corresponding to a services list prepared by virtue of regulations made under section 41 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 ;
.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations
3
1
Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment: chairman and non-officer members) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1) —
a
in sub-paragraph (a) —
i
for “, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and” there shall be substituted “of any offence, or convicted elsewhere for an offence which, if committed in any part of the United Kingdom would constitute a criminal offence in that part, and in either case”,
ii
at the end there shall be added “, and which has not been quashed on appeal”;
b
for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted —
b
he has —
i
been adjudged bankrupt or had a sequestration of his estate awarded unless (in either case) he has been discharged or the bankruptcy order has been annulled or rescinded, or
ii
made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors unless he has been discharged in respect of it;
;
c
after sub-paragraph (d), there shall be inserted —
da
he —
i
is subject to a national disqualification imposed by the Family Health Services Appeal Authority constituted under section 49S of the Act,
ii
is subject to a national disqualification under a decision of the National Health Service Tribunal, which is treated as a national disqualification by virtue of regulation 6(4)(b) of the Abolition of the National Health Service Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2001 ,
iii
has been refused nomination or approval to fill a vacancy for a medical practitioner pursuant to regulations made under section 29B(2A) of the Act or refused admission to a primary care list, on grounds corresponding to the conditions referred to in section 49F(2), (3) or (4) of that Act (efficiency cases, fraud cases and unsuitability cases) and has not subsequently been approved or, as the case may be, included in a primary care list,
iv
is conditionally included in a primary care list,
v
has been removed from a primary care list on any of the grounds set out in section 49F of the Act, or by a direction of the National Health Service Tribunal and has not subsequently been included in such a list,
vi
is contingently removed from a primary care list , or
vii
is suspended from a primary care list or is treated as so suspended by virtue of regulation 6(2) of the Abolition of the National Health Service Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2001,
and in this sub-paragraph any reference to a provision in the Act includes a reference to the provision corresponding to that provision in Scotland and Northern Ireland;
d
in sub-paragraph (e) —
i
at the end of head (i), there shall be added “or”,
ii
head (ii) shall be omitted, and
iii
in head (iii), for “Health Authority” there shall be substituted “Local Health Board”;
e
in sub-paragraph (i), for “Health Authority” there shall be substituted “Strategic Health Authority, a Local Health Board”.
3
In paragraph (4) —
a
in sub-paragraph (a), for “Health Authority” there shall be substituted “Strategic Health Authority or Local Health Board”; and
b
sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations
4
1
Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations (cessation of disqualification) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1), after “bankrupt”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “or having had a sequestration of his estate awarded”.
3
In paragraph (2) —
a
after “arrangement with” there shall be inserted “, or having granted a trust deed for,”; and
b
after “or arrangement”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “, or, as the case may be, the terms of the trust deed,”.
Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations
5
In regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (appointment of committees and sub-committees), in paragraph (4)(b), for “Health Authorities” there shall be substituted “Strategic Health Authorities, Local Health Boards”.
Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations
6
In regulation 10 of the principal Regulations (meetings and proceedings), in paragraph (3), for “or Health Authorities” there shall be substituted “, Strategic Health Authorities or Local Health Boards”.
Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations
7
In regulation 11 of the principal Regulations (disability of chairman and members in proceedings on account of pecuniary interest), in paragraph (5) —
a
for “married persons living together” there shall be substituted “two persons living together as a couple (whether married or not)”; and
b
“spouse” shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
23rd June 2003


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 30th May 2003.
2
In this Order —
“ the Act ” means the European Communities Act 1972,
“Minister or government department” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, but does not include a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department,
“regulations” means regulations made pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act.
Designation of the National Assembly for Wales
2
1
For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the National Assembly for Wales is designated in relation to the matters specified in the Schedule to this Order.
2
Regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales pursuant to this Order shall apply in relation to Wales only.
3
Where the National Assembly for Wales is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any Minister or government department is designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.
Revocation of designation
3
The European Communities (Designation) Order 2003 is revoked.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 22nd September 2003.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 .
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2
1
The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.
2
For regulation 29 (period covered by assessment of disablement) there shall be substituted —
29
Paragraph 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 shall be modified so that in respect of occupational deafness, the period to be taken into account by an assessment of the extent of a claimant’s disablement shall be the remainder of the claimant’s life.
.
3
Regulations 30 (supersession of decision), 31 (leave of appeal tribunal), 32 (no appeal against disablement decision) and 33 (reassessment of disablement) shall be revoked.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
3
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed), the entry relating to prescribed disease A10 shall be amended by substituting for the entries in the second column (occupation) the following —
Any occupation involving:
The use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of the use of, a —
band saw, circular saw or cutting disc to cut metal in the metal founding or forging industries, circular saw to cut products in the manufacture of steel, powered (other than hand powered) grinding tool on metal (other than sheet metal or plate metal), pneumatic percussive tool on metal, pressurised air arc tool to gouge metal, burner or torch to cut or dress steel based products, skid transfer bank, knock out and shake out grid in a foundry, machine (other than a power press machine) to forge metal including a machine used to drop stamp metal by means of closed or open dies or drop hammers, machine to cut or shape or clean metal nails, or plasma spray gun to spray molten metal;
pneumatic percussive tool:- to drill rock in a quarry, on stone in a quarry works, underground, for mining coal, for sinking a shaft, or for tunnelling in civil engineering works;
vibrating metal moulding box in the concrete products industry, or circular saw to cut concrete masonry blocks;
machine in the manufacture of textiles for:- weaving man-made or natural fibres (including mineral fibres), high speed false twisting of fibres, or the mechanical cleaning of bobbins;
multi-cutter moulding machine on wood, planing machine on wood, automatic or semi-automatic lathe on wood, multiple cross-cut machine on wood, automatic shaping machine on wood, double-end tenoning machine on wood, vertical spindle moulding machine (including a high speed routing machine) on wood, edge banding machine on wood, bandsawing machine (with a blade width of not less than 75 millimetres) on wood, circular sawing machine on wood including one operated by moving the blade towards the material being cut, or chain saw on wood;
jet of water (or a mixture of water and abrasive material) at a pressure above 680 bar, or jet channelling process to burn stone in a quarry;
machine in a ship’s engine room, or gas turbine for:- performance testing on a test bed, installation testing of a replacement engine in an aircraft, or acceptance testing of an Armed Service fixed wing combat aircraft;
machine in the manufacture of glass containers or hollow ware for:- automatic moulding, automatic blow moulding, or automatic glass pressing and forming;
spinning machine using compressed air to produce glass wool or mineral wool;
continuous glass toughening furnace;
firearm by a police firearms training officer; or
shot-blaster to carry abrasives in air for cleaning.
.
Transitional provision
4
1
Regulation 3 shall not apply to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made before the commencement date.
2
A provisional assessment of the extent of a claimant’s disablement due to occupational deafness, which is in force immediately before the commencement date, shall, from the commencement date, have effect for the remainder of the claimant’s life.
3
For the purposes of this regulation —
a
“commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
b
the date on which a claim is made is the date on which the claim is made or treated as made in accordance with the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
D. Browne
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
20th August 2003


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1
This Order may be cited as the A565 Trunk Road (Southport-South of Preston) (Detrunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
2
In this Order —
i
“principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and
ii
“the trunk road” means the Southport-South of Preston Trunk Road (A565)
3
The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Arthur Ashburner
Divisional Director, Highways Agency
2nd December 2003


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Citation and commencement
1
This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 10th November 2003.
Establishment of safety zones
2
A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.
Amendments to orders
3
1
In Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 —
a
in the entry relating to Balmoral Well 16/21A-7z, for “01° 08− 17.94' E” in column 3 there shall be substituted “01° 06− 17.94' E”;
b
in the entry relating to Saltire Wellhead Protection Unit —
i
for “50° 25− 31.03'” in column 2 there shall be substituted “58° 25− 31.04'”; and
ii
for “00° 22− 5.1' E” in column 3 there shall be substituted “00° 22− 5.34' E”; and
c
the following entries are deleted —
i
Durward 1 Wellheads;
ii
Durward 2 Wellheads; and
iii
Dauntless Wellheads.
2
In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1997 , for “Osprey/Dunlin – Development Well” in column 1 there shall be substituted “Osprey/Dunlin – Development Well 211/23a-13”.
3
In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1999 , for “Buckland Development Field Block Well 9/18a-4” in column 1 there shall be substituted “Buckland Development Field Block Well 9/18a-28”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Des Browne
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
18th October 2003


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Landfill Tax (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2003 and come into force on 1st October 2003.
2
The Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 are amended as follows.
3
In regulation 33 —
a
after paragraph (2)(d) insert–
da
where it is for the protection of the environment, and subject to paragraph (3A) below, the conservation or promotion of biological diversity through–
i
the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat; or
ii
the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat,
on land or in water situated in the vicinity of a landfill site;
b
after paragraph (2) insert–
2A
In paragraph (2)(da) above “biological diversity” has the same meaning as in the United Nations Environmental Programme Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992 .
c
after paragraph (3) insert–
3A
An object shall not be, or shall no longer be, regarded as falling within paragraph (2)(da) above if it involves works which–
a
are required to be carried out by a notice or order within paragraph (4) below;
b
are required to be carried out in accordance with an agreement made under section 16 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 ;
c
are required to be carried out in accordance with an agreement made under section 15 of the Countryside Act 1968 ;
d
give effect to any provision of a management scheme under section 28J of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or are required to be carried out by a notice served under section 28K of that Act ;
e
are wholly or partly required to be carried out by a relevant condition; or
f
are carried out with a view to profit.
d
in paragraph (10), after “(3)” insert “, (3A)”.
Michael Hanson
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PJ
5th September 2003


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This order may be cited as the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
2
In this Order —
“the Establishment Order ” means the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 ; and
“ the trust ” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.
Directors of the Trust
2
In article 4 of the Establishment Order, for “5 non-executive directors” there shall be substituted “6 non-executive directors”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
14th March 2003


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the date on which it is made.
Amendment of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2001
2
1
The Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2001 is amended as follows.
2
In article 6 (qualifying action) —
a
in paragraph (2), for the words following “domestic consumers” there are substituted —
who are in receipt of —
at least one of the benefits described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order; or
at least one of the benefits described in paragraph 3 of that Schedule and whose relevant income is less than £14,200.
; and
b
there is added after paragraph (2) the following paragraph —
3
For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b) “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002.
.
3
In paragraph (2)(d) of article 10 (information as to compliance) for the words “in receipt of a benefit described in Schedule 2” there is substituted “referred to in article 6(2)”.
4
In paragraph (1)(a) and (b) of article 12 (enforcement of energy efficiency obligations) for “Part II” in each case there is substituted “Part I”.
5
In Schedule 2 (benefits relevant to qualifying action) —
a
in paragraph 2 —
i
for the words “The benefits relevant for the purposes of articles 6 and 10” there are substituted “The benefits relevant for the purpose of article 6(2)(a)”; and
ii
for all after sub-paragraph (h) there is substituted —
i
industrial injuries disablement benefit under sections 103 to 105 of the 1992 Act where it includes constant attendance allowance; and
j
state pension credit .
; and
b
at the end there is added —
3
The benefits relevant for the purpose of article 6(2)(b) are child tax credit and working tax credit .
.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
25th April 2003


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 23rd December 2003.
Interpretation
2
In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination).
Designation of Schools
3
The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.
4
The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (2).
Penny Jones
A Divisional Manager in the
Department for Education and Skills
18th December 2003


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003.
2
In this Order, “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
2
The provisions of the 2003 Act referred to in the Schedule shall come into force on 26th January 2004 for the purposes of the passing of a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order relates and the release on licence of a person serving such a sentence.
Paul Goggins
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
15th December 2003


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Charitable Deductions (Approved Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 5th August 2003
2
Regulations 3 and 4 to 7 shall have effect in relation to supplements payable under section 38 of the Finance Act 2000 in respect of sums withheld by an employer as mentioned in that section on or after 6th April 2003 and before 6th April 2004.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Charitable Deductions (Approved Schemes) Regulations 1986 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 2 for the definition of “supplement” substitute the following definition —
“supplement” means the supplement payable under section 38 of the Finance Act 2000;
.
4
In regulation 4A for paragraph (3) substitute the following paragraph —
3
The prescribed period for the purposes of section 38(1) of the Finance Act 2000 shall be —
a
the period of 7 days following the coming into force of the Charitable Deductions (Approved Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, or
b
if it ends later, the period within which payment of the sums paid to the approved agency by the employer pursuant to the scheme is to be made under this regulation.
.
5
In regulation 9 for paragraph (3) substitute the following paragraph —
3
Where an approved agency has not paid to the charities specified by the employees —
a
the sums paid to it by the employer pursuant to the scheme within the period set out in regulation 4A(1) and (2), or
b
any supplements relating to those sums within the period prescribed by regulation 4A(3),
the approved agency shall, not later than 7 days following the last day on which it should have paid those sums or supplements to the charities, inform the Board by furnishing a statement of those sums or supplements and the reasons why it has not been able to comply with regulation 4A.
.
6
In regulation 11(1) for the words after sub-paragraph (c) substitute —
and
d
for not less than 3 years, records of all supplements paid to charities specified by employees and records of all amounts received from the Board under section 38 of the Finance Act 2000.
7
For regulation 16 substitute —
Overpayment of supplement to be treated as unpaid tax
16
Where the Board have made an overpayment under section 38 of the Finance Act 2000 to an approved agent, the amount of that overpayment may be assessed and recovered as if it were an amount of unpaid tax for the purposes of the Taxes Acts.
.
Nick Ainger
Jim Murphy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
15th July 2003


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1
These Regulations may be cited as The Dual-Use Items (Export Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 28th March 2003.
2
In this Regulation the “principal Regulations” are the Dual-Use Items (Export Control) Regulations 2000 .
2
Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations is amended by adding, after “Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 880/2002 (O.J. L139, 29.5.2002, p7)”,
Council Regulation (EC) No 149/2003 (O.J. L30, 5.02.2003, p1).
Nigel Griffiths,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business,
Department of Trade and Industry
4th March 2003


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Citation, commencement and revocation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st September 2003.
2
The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2002 , the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2003 and the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 are hereby revoked.
Application
2
This Order applies to school teachers within the meaning of section 122 of the Act in England and Wales .
School Teachers' Pay and Conditions
3
It is hereby directed that the provisions set out in section 2 of the document published by The Stationery Office Limited and entitled “School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2003 and Guidance on School Teachers' Pay and Conditions” shall have effect from 1st September 2003, save for the provisions set out in part 1 of Annex 6 which shall have effect from 1st September 2004 and for those set out in part 2 of that Annex which shall have effect from 1st September 2005.
David Miliband
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
21st August 2003


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PART I
Preliminary
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the M6 Toll (Collection of Tolls) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 25th September 2003.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“appointed person” means a person employed by or on behalf of the concessionaire or the Secretary of State for the purpose of collecting tolls;
“carriageway” has the meaning given to it by the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 ;
“concessionaire” means the concessionaire for the time being appointed by the Secretary of State to carry out the Secretary of State’s functions in respect of the motorway pursuant to a concession agreement under section 1 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
“the motorway” means the M6 Toll motorway and connecting roads as defined in the Birmingham Northern Relief Road and Connecting Roads Scheme 1998 ;
“pre-payment scheme” means an agreement between the concessionaire or the Secretary of State and persons using the motorway under which such persons make payments of tolls in advance for use of the motorway;
“toll lane area” means the areas of carriageway and the adjacent raised areas, on which the toll-booths are located, between the toll lane entry barrier and the toll lane exit barrier;
“wide load route” means the carriageway which bypasses the toll lane area and is shown by a sign as being for use by vehicles where the vehicle, its trailer or its load exceeds 2.9m in width at any point along its total length.
PART II
Payment of tolls
Place and manner of payment
3
1
Except where paragraph (2) applies, all tolls leviable by virtue of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road Toll Order 1998 in respect of a vehicle shall be paid by the driver of the vehicle by a recognised means of payment —
a
to an appointed person at a toll-booth, or
b
into a machine provided near a toll-booth for the purpose of collecting tolls,
not being in either case a toll-booth at which a sign is displayed indicating that its use is restricted to either —
i
vehicles of a class which does not include the relevant vehicle, or
ii
vehicles in respect of which the toll leviable has been paid in advance.
2
Where, pursuant to a pre-payment scheme, the toll leviable in respect of a vehicle has been paid in advance, the driver shall present or display such evidence of payment in such manner and at such place within a toll lane area as the pre-payment scheme may provide.
3
Subject to paragraph (5), every driver of a vehicle reaching a toll lane area shall stop the vehicle in a position where he can, in accordance with this regulation, pay any toll leviable in respect of the vehicle or present or display evidence of payment of the toll in compliance with any pre-payment scheme without leaving the vehicle.
4
When a red light is displayed at a toll-booth or a barrier is blocking the exit from a toll-booth, the driver of a vehicle shall not allow the vehicle to proceed beyond the toll-booth until a green light is displayed and any barrier blocking the exit is raised or a constable or an appointed person allows or directs him to proceed.
5
Where a vehicle, its trailer or its load exceeds 2.9 metres in width at any point along its length the driver shall —
a
use the wide load route;
b
stop the vehicle where indicated to do so by a sign;
c
pay any toll leviable in respect of the vehicle or present or display evidence of payment of the toll in compliance with any pre-payment scheme.
6
For the purpose of this regulation, “recognised” means recognised and accepted by the concessionaire or the Secretary of State.
Duty to give name and address
4
Where a driver of a vehicle is unable or refuses to pay a toll in accordance with regulation 3 he shall, on being required to do so by a constable or an appointed person, give his name and address to such constable or appointed person, subject to the production by the appointed person of his credentials, if so requested.
Charges in relation to the removal of vehicles where tolls are unpaid
5
For the purpose of section 15(5) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, the “prescribed charge” shall be calculated —
a
according to the class of vehicle; and
b
as being the reasonable cost of removal of a vehicle of that class.
Traffic directions
6
Where it appears to an appointed person to be necessary or expedient for the collection of tolls to regulate traffic, he may direct the driver of a vehicle to stop the vehicle or to cause it to proceed forwards or backwards in, or keep to, a particular line or direction and the driver shall comply with such direction.
Obstruction of appointed persons
7
No person shall obstruct or otherwise interfere with any action taken by an appointed person under these Regulations in connection with the collection of tolls.
Toll-booth out of use
8
No person shall drive any vehicle, or cause or permit it to be driven, into or through the lane alongside any toll-booth which is shown by a barrier or sign to be out of use unless instructed to do so by a constable or an appointed person.
PART III
Traffic regulation
Application of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982
9
The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 shall have effect in relation to the motorway subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Application of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986
10
The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 shall have effect in relation to the motorway subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of The Secretary of State for Transport
Kim Howells
Minister of State for Transport
Department for Transport
21st August 2003