SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12ROAD USER CHARGING PROVISIONS FOR USE OF THE LOWER THAMES CROSSING

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

“the 2013 Order” means the A282 Trunk Road (Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Charging Scheme) Order 2013(1) as may be amended from time to time;

“custodian” means a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to keep in storage motor vehicles which are removed under this Schedule;

“Dartford-Thurrock Crossing” means the road which is a length of the A282 trunk road starting at a point below the north face of the bridge carrying Crossways Boulevard University Way (A206) over the trunk road at junction 1A at Dartford, in the County of Kent, and extending northwards to a point approximately 300 metres north of where it crosses London Road at West Thurrock, in the County of Essex and carried through twin tunnels beneath the River Thames and on the Queen Elizabeth II bridge over the River Thames;

“Enforcement Regulations” means the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013(2) as may be amended from time to time;

“local resident” means a person who permanently resides in the borough of Gravesham or Thurrock;

“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads; and

“replacement Dartford-Thurrock Charging Order” means where the 2013 Order has been revoked, any order made under Part 3 of the 2000 Act or the provisions of any other enactment that provides for the imposition of road user charging in relation to the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing as may be amended from time to time.

(2) References to the 2013 Order, a replacement Dartford-Thurrock Charging Order and the Enforcement Regulations are, for the purposes of this Schedule, to be construed as a reference to those provisions as amended, substituted or replaced, and with such modifications as are required in those circumstances.