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The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Revision of Charges etc.) Order 2023

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Contents: 6 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1
  3. 2 Interpretation
  4. 3 Floating Bridge Tolls
  5. 4 Revocation
  6. SCHEDULE

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Title and introductory text

2023 No. 833 Highways, England The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Revision of Charges etc.) Order 2023 Made 17th July 2023 Coming into force 1st August 2023 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954, makes the following Order.

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1

This Order may be cited as the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Revision of Charges etc.) Order 2023 and comes into force on 1st August 2023.

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2 Interpretation

In this Order— “the floating bridge” has the meaning given to that expression in section 2 of the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Act 1988; “goods vehicles” means a motor vehicle or trailer constructed or adapted for use for the carriage or haulage of goods or burden of any description; “maximum authorised mass” means the “maximum gross weight” indicated upon the plate required to be attached to the vehicle by regulations 66 or 70 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986; “passenger vehicle” means a vehicle constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects.

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3 Floating Bridge Tolls

The tolls that the Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company Limited may demand, take and recover for the use of the floating bridge are revised so that those tolls must not exceed the sums set out in the Schedule to this Order.

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4 Revocation

The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Revisions of Charges) Order 2017 is revoked.

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SCHEDULE

Article 3 Class | Vehicle Category | Toll (*) Where a vehicle is drawing one or more trailers in addition to the toll chargeable under this Order for the use by that vehicle of the ferry, a toll not exceeding the amount chargeable for the drawing vehicle will be chargeable for each trailer. 1. | Pedestrian (aged 5 and over) Cycle including cyclist | £1.23 2. | Motor cycle and motor cycle combination | £5.08 3. | Passenger vehicle constructed or adapted to carry up to 8 passengers (including driver) | £11.73 4. | Goods vehicle not exceeding 3500kg maximum authorised mass | £11.73 5. | Passenger vehicle constructed or adapted to carry 9 or more but no more than 20 passengers (including driver) | £15.05 6. | Goods vehicle exceeding 3500kg but not exceeding 7500kg maximum authorised mass | £13.86 7. | Passenger vehicle constructed or adapted to carry 21 or more passengers (including driver) but not exceeding 18000kg maximum authorised mass | £37.80 8. | Goods vehicle exceeding 7500kg but not exceeding 18000kg maximum authorised mass | £37.80 The proposed fare increase will not be implemented in full immediately, with fares seeing a phased increase over a number of years. Concession tickets will remain available.

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